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HALIFAX — A law firm representing the families of victims of the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has hired a criminal investigation firm as it prepares two potential class-action lawsuits.

OTTAWA — People are told to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay safe, but homes are not safe places for abused women, says Silvia Samsa, the executive director of Women's Habitat.

HALIFAX — Haneesha Relwani, third-year marketing student at Acadia University, would normally be preparing at this time of year to travel home to St. Kitts and Nevis to see family.

OTTAWA — The governor of the Bank of Canada is warning that unprecedented economic measures to help families and businesses manage the pandemic may add potholes on the road to recovery.

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada report that paints a picture of widespread sexual misconduct at the country’s prestigious military colleges is prompting fresh criticism as well as promises of action more than six years after the Canadian Armed Force

OTTAWA — The cost to consumers of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's keystone environmental policy will have to rise if the country is to meet its Paris climate accord goals, the parliamentary budget office says, just as the country may be finally pulli

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.

OTTAWA — Trust. Capt. Kirk Sullivan is talking about running what has become one of the most talked-about Twitter accounts in the federal government.

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WASHINGTON, Wash. — Sen. Kamala Harris took the fight to Vice-President Mike Pence right out of the gate Wednesday, savaging the Trump administration's "incompetence" and "ineptitude" in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.