National News

MONTREAL — A group of Quebec parents has lost the first round of a legal fight to force the province to provide an online learning option for families worried about sending children to school amid the pandemic.

OTTAWA — The Canadian legal team for an imprisoned Iranian human-rights lawyer is calling for federal sanctions and United Nations intervention as she wages a life-threatening hunger strike entering its 29th day.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A man is facing two charges after a cougar was allegedly harassed with a slingshot in Banff National Park.

OTTAWA — A B.C. fisher was fined $8,000 last month and banned from possessing explosives for three years after he threw an explosive device into a group of sea lions in March 2019.

OTTAWA — Canada is failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice, a prominent human-rights organization says in a new report that calls on the Trudeau government to take several steps to ensure the country is not a safe haven for perpetrators.

OTTAWA — Nearly 35,000 people are eligible to cast votes in next month's Green party leadership race.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick business leaders were presented with stark differences in political parties' economic plans Tuesday as they heard from three leaders ahead of next week's provincial election.

OTTAWA — An underused program to give hard-hit small businesses a break on their rent is getting one more month of service, but without any of the changes critics say are needed to prevent stores from permanently closing their doors.

OTTAWA — Canadians appear to still have solid faith in doctors and scientists nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, but opinions of educators have not fared so well.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole unveiled Tuesday the list of who will sit on the Opposition front benches, ahead of the party's first caucus meeting since he won the leadership race last month.