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A Statistics Canada reports says Canadians are spending less time with friends than ever, with the decline sharpest among the working-age demographic. The data released Tuesday show that in 2022, only 19.

MONTREAL — Quebec police and volunteers combed through ditches along a highway west of Montreal on Tuesday in search of a young girl believed to have been abandoned by her mother.

OTTAWA — The federal government intends to bring back consumer rebates for electric vehicles but doesn't yet quite know what they'll look like, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek officially resigned as an MP on Tuesday — the earliest he was legally allowed to step aside.

OTTAWA — G7 countries pledged Tuesday to increase adoption of artificial intelligence, including in the public sector and among smaller businesses, while also promising to promote investment in emerging quantum technologies.

KANANASKIS — Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.

There are approximately 3,500 Canadians in Iran and another 6,700 in Israel amid an escalating conflict between the two countries, Global Affairs Canada says, as some of them are stuck in the region or worried about relatives caught in the crossfire.

CALGARY — More than 50 Sikh protesters continued their demonstration Tuesday outside Calgary city hall on the second and final day of the G7 leaders’ summit.

OTTAWA — The federal government does not intend to arm the Canadian Coast Guard, the vice-chief of the defence staff told a committee of senators on Tuesday. Lt-Gen.

MONTREAL — The City of Montreal is investing $100,000 to lure scientists and researchers who want to leave the United States. In a news release, Mayor Valérie Plante says the "current situation" in the U.S.