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OTTAWA — Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski and Conservative Senator Yonah Martin will co-chair a special joint committee on the expansion of Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program.  The two were acclaimed joint chairs at the committee’s first meeting on Tuesday night. The committee will deliberate expanding MAID to the mentally ill ahead of the…

A Hanwell woman who delivered a stillborn girl at the Chalmers Hospital in 2022 has discontinued her negligence lawsuit against Horizon Health, the hospital and four doctors. Aimee Dunn’s lawyer said the case was settled out of court on terms that were “tolerable” to his client.

Defence lawyers for Frank Stronach continue with more witnesses Wednesday in the sex assault trial of the Canadian businessman.

Ottawa’s recent decision to allow Chinese electric vehicle imports into the country has raised concerns in some quarters about issues ranging from Canadian jobs to national security. It isn’t the first time the arrival of a foreign auto power has been met with trepidation. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Japanese automakers Toyota Motor…

CBC News has learned two people — including a 22-year-old international student — died after giving plasma at Winnipeg collection centres that pay people for their donations.

Surgeons opened Stephanie Faure’s skull 14 months ago to remove brain tumours, leaving her with a metal plate, screws and a scar. So when she could see a screw pushing out through her skin, she went to the hospital to get it safely removed, but says the doctor told her it was just a cyst.

ERCA says 20 to 30 millimetres of rain fell overnight in some spots across the region, with more forecasted throughout the day.

The span will be “opening this spring,” according to a statement issued by the bridge company on Wednesday.

Donald Trump has once again referred to the prime minister as the “governor of Canada,” this time in a social media post about invasive species in the Great Lakes. “I’m working with Governor Gretchen Whitmer on trying to save The Great Lakes from the rather violent and destructive Asian Carp, which is rapidly taking over…

Canada’s productivity keeps falling further behind the United States, but a lagging food sector might be the biggest issue. Labour productivity as a whole fell 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, but was up 1.1 per cent for the year, according to Statistics Canada . In the U.S., however, productivity climbed 2.8…