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Google is raising "serious" concerns about a Liberal bill that seeks to require tech giants to pay media outlets in exchange for putting their news content online.

The national public health agency is preparing for "worst-case scenario" COVID-19 variants that can evade immunity, Canada's top doctor told members of Parliament on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, as early signs point to a fall resurgence of the virus.

Athletes in two of Australia’s most popular sports — cricket and netball — are criticizing millions of dollars of sponsorship money from mining and energy companies.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he's concerned the RCMP chose not to the release the badge numbers of officers who cleared "Freedom Convoy" protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is apologizing for what she calls "ill-informed comments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners.

When Bria Hamilton was a 19-year-old student at York University, a fire started in the basement kitchen of the three-storey townhouse she shared with nine other people.

The rate of warming in the top two kilometres has doubled from levels in the 1960s, a review finds.

Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm said his community was not properly consulted about the return of Christopher Schafer, who has a criminal history of violence and sexual assault.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is on track to achieve its 2030 climate goal, adding: "We have already seen a bending of the curve of emissions."

The proposed changes to the Environment Act would create a pricing system based on greenhouse gas output, Environment Minister Tim Halman told reporters, adding that the new plan would also include targets and performance standards to be set out in regulations.

Several media reports say the officer was killed while assisting a bylaw officer at a homeless camp. 

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson said he was impatient with the amount of time it took to get more police officers sent to the city to quell the protests. 

Alberta’s Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to apologize for her remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is insisting he can take office without swearing an oath to the King — even if the secretary general of the legislature has told him otherwise.