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Shelters in Canada are not designed to meet the physical or mental health needs of the growing number of older adults who are homeless, a report released Tuesday says.

MONTREAL — Cynthia Cardinal says she was "overwhelmed" with happiness when she received a text message on Monday with the news that serial killer Robert Pickton, who murdered her sister Georgina Papin, was in a life-threatening condition after being

PHILADELPHIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Philadelphia Tuesday on his first trip south of the border since his government launched a new "Team Canada" charm offensive in the United States.

QUEBEC — A retired judge mandated by the Vatican to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against a Quebec cardinal says that despite the complainant refusing to collaborate with the probe, he could find no evidence tying the senior church leader

WINNIPEG — A police analyst tasked with going through the computer of a Winnipeg man who admitted to killing four women found internet searches for what it means to be a serial killer.

MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge has declared inoperable a portion of the province's language law that requires English-language court decisions to be immediately translated into French.

OTTAWA — The Liberal party is apologizing to Speaker Greg Fergus for using partisan language to advertise his event, after the Opposition Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois called for his resignation.

Members of a Canadian group representing families of those killed when Iran's military shot down a commercial jetliner in 2020 say the death of Iran's president means he will never face justice for his alleged role in their loved ones' deaths.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government will bring its proposal to increase the inclusion rate on capital gains to the House of Commons before the parliamentary summer break, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday.

ALERT BAY, B.C. — Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.