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OTTAWA — A new pilot project to lift the cap on the number of hours international students can work should be made permanent, say advocates who have spent years asking for the change.

OTTAWA — Canada is sending 40 military engineers to Poland to train Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russia, following airstrikes on civilians that have G7 leaders pledging to support Kyiv "for as long as it takes.

MONTREAL — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Tuesday he didn't want to swear an oath to King Charles III, but the newly elected member wouldn't say what he would do if his formal request to the legislature is rejected.

OTTAWA — Eight federal cabinet members, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are among those slated to testify at the public inquiry into the government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act.

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SURREY, B.C. — Incumbent Mayor Doug McCallum of Surrey, B.C., is facing consecutive challenges — one at the ballot box and the other in a courtroom.

REGINA — Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine as the country unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed.

A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Canadian teenager who moved to England last year after meeting him online.

MONTREAL — As provincial governments hand out one-time cash payments to help residents cope with inflation, anti-poverty advocates say the efforts are a missed opportunity to help those most in need.