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FREDERICTON — Six First Nations in New Brunswick have filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration of title for their traditional lands, which include much of the western half of the province. Leaders from the Wolastoqey Nation gathered Monday at St.

MONTREAL — High school students in regions under maximum alert will be required to wear masks inside classrooms, authorities said Monday, as Quebec reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began.

MONTREAL — The grand chief of the Atikamekw Nation said he had a positive meeting with Quebec Premier Francois Legault Monday but he's still waiting to see action.

Scientist Michael Houghton has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his work with the hepatitis C virus.

OTTAWA — The federal government reintroduced Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying — just two months before a court-imposed deadline. The government has until Dec.

OTTAWA — Canadians forced to miss work because of COVID-19 can start applying for financial support from the federal government this week.

FREDERICTON — An RCMP computer expert says the man accused of murdering four people in Fredericton two years ago had videos on his computer from a conspiracy theory website that included information on how to identify demons. Cpl.

Communication, flexibility, and vigilance have become the watchwords for organizers of minor hockey heading into the new season.

Canada put health-care workers at risk of contracting COVID-19 and taking it home to their families because it failed to learn lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, a new report says.

OTTAWA — Canada suspended arms exports to Turkey while it investigates claims that drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company is being improperly used in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia.