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OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser suggested Thursday that a bill targeting terror and hate symbols would not outright criminalize those displayed at protests. Fraser appeared before the Senate committee on human rights to testify about the government’s legislation known as C-9, which seeks to introduce new criminal penalties for those who impede or intimidate…

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll be actively campaigning on the pro-Canada side ahead of a likely Alberta referendum. The Calgary-born Poilievre told reporters Thursday that he’ll be travelling through his home province to help make the case for a united Canada. “As prime minister in waiting, I will … be campaigning across…

The family of a Brampton, Ont. teen are devastated and looking for answers after he was found dead near a remote Saskatchewan community, a Toronto advocate says.

For North America, the plan is designed to expand the automaker’s hybrid offerings, and offer new pickup trucks, a small van and seven “affordable” vehicles.

Thanks to the workings of an as-yet-to-form El Niño, the Atlantic basin is expected to see a quieter-than-normal hurricane season.

An outbreak of a rare Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda cast its pall over Canada on Wednesday. Health authorities in Ontario announced that a man who’d recently travelled to the East African region was now being tested for exposure to the Bundibugyo strain of the severe, often fatal disease. Simultaneously,…

Are pigeons domesticated? Or are they wild? They are not pets, though they are sometimes treated that way, fed crumbs and spoken to, trained to expect kindness. Pigeons do not live on the periphery of cities like seagulls or geese. They are right in it, sometimes literally indoors, and they never leave. They are urban…

Telehealth provider Hims & Hers Health Inc. announced Thursday the availability of generic semaglutide through its platform, allowing eligible Canadians access to digital prescriptions for the popular drug widely used for weight loss. With Health Canada’s approval of the first two generic injection semaglutide, the medication popularized by the brand name Ozempic, Canadians can now…

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia’s appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are “inconsistent.”

Toronto Police say they have elevated the search for a missing 14-year-old girl named Esther to Priority 1 status, dedicating all available resources as community volunteers join in the effort to find her. A Priority 1 or Level 1 search is the highest level of response from the police, and mobilizes extensive resources like specialized…