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OTTAWA — One Canadian woman is missing in the Middle East, a senior federal bureaucrat told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday when asked whether there any Canadians among the people taken hostage by Hamas.

OTTAWA — A jury has found former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis guilty of breaching Canada's secrets law.

OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives were accused of trying to distract and confuse Wednesday as they were pressed to state their position on a piece of Liberal government legislation banning the use of replacement workers, at a time when Pierre Poilievre

OTTAWA — The "next steps" for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year's federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic statement on Tuesday.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Four of the busiest border crossing points between Canada and the United States were abruptly closed Wednesday after a vehicle exploded at a U.S. checkpoint in Niagara Falls.

MONTREAL — On Monday morning, Alexe Frédéric Migneault packed a car with blankets and drove to Quebec City.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has issued an order temporarily blocking a McGill University student society from moving forward with a pro-Palestinian policy approved in a recent referendum.

A car explosion on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls left two people dead on Wednesday and put authorities in both countries on high alert.

MONTREAL — Quebecers will get a chance to say goodbye to beloved folk-rock singer Karl Tremblay during a ceremony next week in Montreal.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Canada's newest astronauts were given marching orders Wednesday, with one bound for a sojourn on the International Space Station while the other will serve as backup on a highly anticipated upcoming lunar mission.