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All provinces and territories should lower the starting age for breast cancer screening to 40, the Canadian Cancer Society said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Prominent business groups are backtracking their claim that one in five Canadians would be affected by the federal government's proposed changes to capital gains taxation.

RICHMOND, B.C.

Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the head of the province's River Forecast Centre. Dave Campbell says persistent drought conditions in B.C.

OTTAWA — Canada's Competition Bureau says it will begin a market study focused on the Canadian airline sector. It will look into the state of competition in the airline industry and how governments can make improvements.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg trial has heard the belongings of two slain women were found in the apartment of an admitted serial killer.

OTTAWA — Canada's airline industry will work to create a streamlined intake form for travellers with disabilities, the federal government says.

LAVAL, Que. — The man accused of murdering two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a Montreal-area daycare is scheduled to stand trial over five weeks beginning in April 2025.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a ruling that allowed a justice of the peace to remain on the bench after she wrote a column critical of the bail system and the conduct of some Crown prosecutors.

OTTAWA — The risk of wildfires is high in Western Canada but officials say the situation is better than it was at this time last year.