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OTTAWA — Organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" discussed using their ties to Métis identity to play the "race card" as part of an overall strategy to control their public image and garner sympathy for their cause, text messages suggest.

TORONTO — Someone in British Columbia is waking up $30.8 million richer. A single winning ticket was drawn for Friday's Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on July 12 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press

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VANCOUVER — British Columbia is gearing up for a major COVID-19 booster shot campaign this fall with the expectation that new vaccines tailor-made to fight the Omicron variant will be available. COVID-19 boosters will be available to people in B.C.

WHITEHORSE — Several parts of Northern Canada are enveloped in smoke from wildfires along with unusually high seasonal temperatures.

The prosecution in the trial of a Montreal man accused of fomenting hatred against Jews failed to establish that the murder of Jews by the regime of Adolf Hitler was a consequence of Nazi ideology, a Quebec court judge said Friday

Toronto police say they’ve found a man and a toddler he’s alleged to have taken from an east-end subway station. Investigators say no injuries have been reported. Police previously said a man had taken a stroller with a toddler in it around 5 p.m.

OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich was denied bail and will remain in custody after a justice of the peace ruled she breached a condition of her original release.

EDMONTON — Organizers of the Pope’s visit to Canada are warning the public not to buy tickets from resellers online, saying they may not be legitimate.

OTTAWA — The chair of the Conservatives' leadership election organizing committee says the party "could not afford the risk" of having a candidate under investigation for breaking federal laws.