National News

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity.

OTTAWA — Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after acting dishonourably by refusing to negotiate the funding terms, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge began hearing arguments on Wednesday for a class-action lawsuit application against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller over allegations he paid minors for sex.

OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced a stand-alone bill to implement the proposed GST holiday, hours after the NDP threatened to not pass the legislation if it was linked to a $250 rebate for working Canadians.

HALIFAX — A day after Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to a massive majority win, the Liberals were licking their wounds and wondering why their party was almost wiped off the political map.

OTTAWA — The dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said, after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation.

Police say a hiker who was reported missing more than five weeks ago amid frigid conditions in northern British Columbia has been found alive.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says he’s “open” to the possibility of adopting a Quebec constitution before the next provincial election.

OTTAWA — Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb, said former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

TORONTO — Slinder Bhatti remembers what a crisis helpline did for her many years ago. "I was a young adult and I was having my own struggles," she said. "I remember feeling like I had no one to talk to.