National News

TORONTO — Canadian Press reporter Hina Alam is this year's recipient of Innocence Canada's Tracey Tyler Award in recognition of her reporting on the case of two wrongfully convicted New Brunswick men. Alam's coverage began in a Saint John, N.B.

OTTAWA — Members of targeted diasporas in Canada are calling for greater awareness of the foreign threats they face as well as more robust protections that could save lives.

FRIDAY HARBOR — A census of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state shows the pods have lost three animals, bringing the population to 73, excluding a new calf born after the survey.

TORONTO — Amazon Web Services’ director of global artificial intelligence is encouraging Canada not to go it alone when it comes to regulating the technology.

QUÉBEC — The Los Angeles Kings arrived in Quebec City on Wednesday to kick off the final stretch of their NHL training camp, in a trip that's drawn controversy over the province's decision to spend millions of dollars to subsidize the visit.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Iran's missile attack on Israel Wednesday, but said the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war.

MONTREAL — Premier François Legault has made immigration a major focus of his visit to Paris, demanding that the federal government force asylum seekers in Quebec to move elsewhere, including people who have already settled in the province.

EDMONTON — There are renewed questions over a recent comment by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on whether the province is being sprayed from above by so-called chemtrails.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to depoliticize the debate around upcoming legislation affecting transgender youth, but a federal minister says that's not possible.

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn't back a plan to increase old age security payments.