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OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says a single-payer universal drug plan would cost federal and provincial governments an additional$11.2 billion in the first year of the program, and $13.4 billion in the fourth year.

TORONTO — A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines says it agrees with many of the issues raised by Google about a law that will force the tech giant to compensate those same publishers for use of their work.

OTTAWA — The sanctuary at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in downtown Ottawa was "brutally altered" during the "Freedom Convoy," the church's administrator told the criminal trial of two of the protest's organizers on Thursday.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has invoked the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution in tabling legislation that prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.

MONTREAL — Temima Silver is waiting for the call to report for duty in the Israeli military. Born and raised in Ottawa, the 21-year-old moved to Israel in 2020 to join the Israel Defense Forces.

HAVRE-ST-PIERRE, Que. — The newly inaugurated Romaine hydroelectric complex could serve as a model for future projects that are sorely needed in the province, Quebec Premier François Legault said Thursday. “It brings me a lot of pride.

OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has reached an undisclosed settlement in his lawsuit over how the Canadian military and federal government responded to an allegation of sexual misconduct.

HAMILTON — United States Sen. Bernie Sanders is throwing his support behind Canada's New Democrats in a pre-recorded video the party aims to play at its policy convention on Friday. The three-day convention opens in Hamilton, Ont.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada's refusal to hear a Hells Angels challenge of B.C.'s forfeiture of three clubhouses will "put criminals on notice," the province's pubic safety minister says.

TORONTO — Some Canadian police forces say they are increasing patrols in response to the Israel-Hamas war while offering assurances that they have not received any credible threats.