National News

MONTREAL — The heads of major Quebec newsrooms penned an open letter Wednesday denouncing a criminal trial involving a police informant held entirely in secret and kept off the official court docket.

OTTAWA — Colleagues of former Liberal senator Joyce Fairbairn remembered her kindness and determination after she died this week at the age of 82.

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is poised to bring forward legislation within days to make digital giants compensate Canadian media outlets for reusing their news content.

MONTREAL — A technician who witnessed Quebec's fatal election-night shooting 10 years ago testified Wednesday as part of a lawsuit alleging that Montreal police and Quebec provincial police failed to properly secure the event.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says long-awaited rights for the victims of military-related crimes will come into effect in June, though other reforms to fix shortcomings in Canada’s court-martial system appear to be a long way off.

OTTAWA — The civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP has found that the Mounties' bias-free policing policy is inadequate and unclear.

WASHINGTON — More than three years after legal cannabis arrived in North America on a national scale, Congress is taking another stab at following Canada's lead by ending long-standing federal prohibitions on marijuana in the United States.

OTTAWA — The voice of Canadian small business says it hopes the federal government breathes extra months of life into an incentive for companies to hire new staff, a way to help firms only now hitting recovery mode.

OTTAWA — A study by the parliamentary budget officer has found that one particular mandatory minimum sentence costs a total of $98 million each year.

HALIFAX — The morning after a gunman murdered 13 people in northern Nova Scotia, the RCMP were unaware he had resumed his killing until frantic 911 calls started coming in from two locations shortly after 9:30 a.m.