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QUEBEC — A Quebec committee of elected officials says anyone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease should be able to sign an advance request for medical aid in dying.

CALGARY — The wife of a police officer killed in a hit and run says she lost her love and best friend at what should have been the happiest time in their lives.

EDMONTON — Federal and Alberta Opposition politicians want the province to be more transparent about a government program supporting profitable oilsands and other energy companies that say carbon pricing hurts their competitiveness.

OTTAWA — Representatives from Prince Edward Island farms handed out potatoes to the public Wednesday in front of Parliament Hill, to show gratitude to their supporters and raise awareness of the effects of the export ban on Island spuds to the United

MONTREAL — A former Canadian Space Agency engineer has been charged with breach of trust for using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company, the RCMP said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser predicts that it could take two years to fulfil the government's promise to bring 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada.

HALIFAX — Repairs have been completed on one of the Canadian military's 19 Cyclone helicopters recently found with cracks in its tail, the Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed Wednesday. The Air Force issued a statement saying Sikorsky Aircraft, the U.

OTTAWA — Canada emerged from a high-profile peacekeeping summit in South Korea this week having pledged tens of millions of dollars in new funds to help the United Nations execute its missions around the world.

Quebec plans to broaden the powers of its police watchdog agency to include all alleged offences committed by officers as part of an omnibus bill tabled today.

WHITEHORSE — Two cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been found in Yukon as the territory moves to expand its booster program to those aged 18 and over, says the acting chief medical officer of health Dr.