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CALGARY — With Canada's already-hot rental market expected to come under even more pressure in 2023, experts say tenants should guard against "renoviction" by educating themselves about their rights.

CALGARY — Alberta's defence lawyers have voted to end months of job action after the government announced an interim increase to funding for legal aid.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Naveed Dada enjoyed helping people.

CALGARY — The Alberta government is hoping to improve ambulance response times by having community shuttles and wheelchair-accessible taxis transport some patients.

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OTTAWA — Canada's attempt to seize and forfeit a Russian oligarch's holdings will be a major test of how the federal government balances sanctions and Charter rights, says an Ottawa trade lawyer.

TORONTO — The five people killed after a 73-year-old man went on a shooting rampage at his Toronto-area condo are being remembered as kind community members who were loved by their families.

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year.

“One of the things I am most excited about is over 30 people are coming back home who had to leave the valley and go to Calgary and Cochrane and elsewhere to get the level of care that wasn’t here before."

Grocery inflation in Canada surged again in November as the price of basics like bread, eggs and dairy products shot up. Prices for food purchased from stores rose 11.