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VICTORIA — A former British Columbia cabinet minister quit the New Democrat government Wednesday, citing antisemitism in the party caucus and indifference towards the problem.

OTTAWA — The lawyer for Michael Spavor says his client has reached a settlement with the federal government over his three-year detention in China.

A national non-profit group called the Canadian Covid Society launched on Wednesday, with co-founders saying the organization is needed as public health agencies have pulled back on COVID-19 prevention measures and awareness campaigns.

Vancouver's police board and the Heiltsuk Nation both say they are committed to working together after a report found their relationship had "broken down" in the wake of a landmark agreement. But the B.C.

Health Canada says it plans to completely ban a powerful poison used to control predators after completing public consultations on use of strychnine.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has granted a Montreal synagogue and a Jewish organization an injunction barring some pro-Palestinian protesters from coming within 50 metres of their buildings.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and King Charles spoke Wednesday for the first time since the King's cancer diagnosis. The Royal Family said the King held an audience with the Canadian prime minister via video link.

OTTAWA — Canada hasn't made a final decision on whether to resume funding to a United Nations aid organization in the Gaza Strip when its next scheduled payment is due in April.

MONTREAL — Two Montreal-area Chinese groups and their director have filed a lawsuit alleging the RCMP defamed them when officers said they were investigating clandestine Chinese government "police stations"operating out of their premises.

EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the province's energy regulator and the government over releases from an oilsands mine, alleging the agency acted in bad faith and is set up in a way that violates the Constituti