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YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories and federal governments have announced $4.6 million in funding between 2022 and 2024 to enhance wages for early childhood educators in the territory.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are demanding a formal investigation into the use of hidden tags embedded in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's YouTube videos.

OTTAWA — The Quebec City mosque where six men were shot to death in 2017 wants Parliament to toughen and pass a gun control bill currently being studied in the House of Commons.

OTTAWA — The Ontario Provincial Police warned last winter that support for the "Freedom Convoy" from Canadian political figures was likely to embolden protesters in the streets of downtown Ottawa. The assessment was in a report compiled Feb.

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says a global recession is likely, making it challenging for Canada to avoid a similar economic downturn.

EDMONTON — Supporters of open-pit coal mining say there's a chance new mines could be built in Alberta's Rockies after comments from the province's new premier.

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — An 82-year-old man was charged Thursday in the killing of his 90-year-old partner at a seniors residence just west of Montreal.

Montreal’s Haitian community is expressing opposition to the possibility of foreign troops being dispatched to Haiti amid civil unrest in the Caribbean country.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a law banning publication of certain proceedings in criminal matters applies before the selection of a jury.

OTTAWA — Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says Ottawa's proposed dental benefit for children under the age of 12 would cost $703 million over the next three fiscal years.