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The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque.

Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail on Thursday, May 25, 2022, the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in small-town Texas.

Quebec will be the first Canadian province to launch a vaccination campaign against the monkeypox virus, interim public health director Dr. Luc Boileau said Thursday, adding that 25 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the Montreal area.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday, May 26, 2022, he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out the use of coal.

The United States and Germany signed an agreement on Friday, May 27, 2022, to deepen their cooperation on shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy in an effort to rein in climate change.

Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced on Friday, May 27, 2022, that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date.

"Sea levels will continue to rise, and today’s children will have to pay for [seawalls] three times — first to build them, then to remove them, and finally to replace them."

Former RCMP constable Janet Merlo is leading a group of former RCMP, former civilian staff and ex-military members calling on the federal government to establish an independent body to investigate complaints and allegations by members and employees.

The Toronto District School Board approved a move to do away with assessments of ability when selecting students to attend its arts, athletics, science and other specialized schools and programs in an effort to make them more accessible.

Councillors representing the Regional Municipality of Durham voted in favour of a developer-backed plan to build housing on what is now farmland in spite of vociferous opposition.

The federal government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the country's highest court, Justice Minister David Lametti said on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Several women's groups are imploring the federal Liberals to abandon the idea of creating a new regime for an endangered person to seek a court order to remove firearms from a stalker or abuser.

Over two days, in two acts, the small southwest Texas town of Uvalde has been the unwitting global stage for a real-world illustration of the defining tension in American life.

The British foreign secretary has often been mocked for her preoccupation with cheese. It started eight years ago when Liz Truss expressed outrage in a speech to her party’s annual conference.

Now that the second official debate of the race is out of the way, Conservative leadership hopefuls will turn their attention to signing up as many supporters as they can before a fast-approaching deadline.