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Transgender Tory candidate says vote against gender-affirming care could cost lives

The first openly transgender person to run for the federal Conservatives warns that a policy adopted by the party over the weekend could harm gender-diverse children if it ever becomes law.

Sep 11, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

'He was my friend': Canadian volunteer reportedly killed in Ukraine by Russian attack

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine — Several aid organizations in Ukraine say that a volunteer Canadian aid worker was killed Saturday morning by a Russian attack.

Sep 10, 2023 5:36 PM Read more >

Tributes pour in for Monique Bégin, 'trailblazer' and former federal cabinet minister

OTTAWA — Mournful tributes are pouring in after the death of Monique Bégin, a former cabinet minister and academic who died Friday at the age of 87.

Sep 10, 2023 5:01 PM Read more >

Shock and worry among Moroccan Canadians after deadly earthquake

Nearly two days since a deadly earthquake killed more than 2,100 people in Morocco, Montreal's Café Amistad has become a gathering place for people seeking answers, or at least support.

Sep 10, 2023 4:35 PM Read more >

Montrealers line up for souvenir rivets from old Champlain Bridge

MONTREAL — Like many Montreal-area residents, Jeff Harris has spent a lot of time on the old Champlain Bridge, commuting to the city from his former home on the South Shore.

Sep 10, 2023 3:47 PM Read more >

From foreign interference to war in Ukraine, Trudeau pushes rule-of-law agenda at G20

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed a rule-of-law agenda at the G20 summit, whether it was wagging a finger at India's prime minister about foreign interference attempts or pushing for stronger language to condemn Russia's attack on Ukra

Sep 10, 2023 12:59 PM Read more >

Challenges and a to-do list: Five takeaways from the Conservative party convention

OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives left their party's policy convention in Quebec City feeling a somewhat unfamiliar sensation: Celebration. Party members, MPs and insiders say the chance for a return to power feels within reach.

Sep 10, 2023 12:08 PM Read more >

Trudeau's plane grounded in India by technical issues after G20 summit conclusion

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's return to Canada from the G20 summit in India has been delayed by problems with his plane. The Prime Minister's Office says it was alerted about the issue as Trudeau's delegation departed for the airport.

Sep 10, 2023 9:57 AM Read more >

B.C.'s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected

The onset of large, severe wildfires that threaten communities year after year has occurred earlier in British Columbia than previous research projected, and experts say the record-shattering 2023 season must serve as a springboard for action.

Sep 10, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Tory grassroots vote against surgical, pharmaceutical care for transgender kids

QUEBEC — A future Conservative government should prohibit "medicinal or surgical interventions" for gender-diverse and transgender children, delegates to the party's policy convention decided in a vote on Saturday.

Sep 9, 2023 7:05 PM Read more >