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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.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say they have identified five attackers in a violent youth swarming captured on video Friday in Kelowna, B.C.

Jacob Hoggard wrapped up his testimony in his sexual assault trial Wednesday after the Crown cross-examined the Canadian musician on apparent gaps in his memory.

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. — A Quebec man has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of his fiancée, who had been reported missing last month.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

SAINT PAUL — Tim Walz and JD Vance played attack dog for their presidential partner in a policy-focused debate about the economy, inflation and rising tensions in the Middle East.