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MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex, as well as several alleged accomplices.

OTTAWA — Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and the RCMP will deploy two new helicopters this week as officials move to ratchet up security.

Scientists say every bit of warming matters.

MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

OTTAWA — The first carbon rebate of 2025 is being paid out today to households in provinces that use the federal carbon pricing system — even as the future of the rebate program itself remains uncertain.

A year's worth of crops, including peaches and nectarines, were wiped out in the Okanagan last year, along with the vast majority of cherries, and grapes used in B.C. wines.

BURNABY, B.C. — Florence Girard's caregiver has told a British Columbia coroner's inquest she was deterred from getting help before Girard starved to death by policies about respecting the rights of people living under their home-sharing arrangement.

Canadian crews are being put to use in the battle against wildfires that are devastating parts of Los Angeles, in a deployment that demonstrates Canadian expertise and sovereignty, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said.

OTTAWA — The decision Tuesday by a third Liberal cabinet minister from Quebec not to seek the Liberal leadership is casting a spotlight on the party's ability to organize support in a province that has long been crucial to its electoral success.