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QUEBEC — Police overseeing the manhunt for a suspect in the Halloween night stabbing rampage in Quebec City judged that a mass public alert to residents wasn't necessary, a senior officer said Wednesday. Quebec City police Insp.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday said he is keeping a close eye on the political drama unfolding in the United States, where the presidential election remains too close to call.

FREDERICTON — A forensic psychiatrist testifying at the murder trial of Matthew Raymond told jurors Wednesday that the accused suffers from schizophrenia. Dr.

OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats will use an upcoming chance to set the agenda in the House of Commons to push for a new tax on wealthy people and those who made massive profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, their leader Jagmeet Singh says.

TORONTO — The closely contested U.S. election has brought home the power of the individual voter for Americans in Canada who hail from the handful of toss-up states that will decide who occupies the White House for the next four years.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is expected to lay out the next phase of its COVID-19 response as it presents its first budget since the start of the pandemic on Thursday.

REGINA — In a Nov. 3 story about a lawsuit dealing with the Humboldt Broncos crash, The Canadian Press incorrectly reported that the semi truck hit the bus. In fact, the bus hit the truck after the truck drove into the path of the bus.

OTTAWA — Parliament's budget watchdog has called out the Trudeau government for not providing information on billions of dollars in planned federal spending.

REGINA — Lawyers for the Saskatchewan government are to be in a Regina courtroom Wednesday to ask a judge to remove the province from a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Miss Vickie’s Canada is recalling some Kettle Cooked Potato Chips due to possible glass contamination.