National News

OTTAWA — The United States ambassador to the United Nations implored Canada last month to keep funding the UN relief agency for Palestinians, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says.

NEUDORF, SASK. — Horses walked along a fence Tuesday as RCMP vehicles drove onto a rural property in southern Saskatchewan where Mounties say four members of a family were found dead.

MONTREAL — Canadian authorities tried to reassure the public about the safety of bridges in the country following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early Tuesday morning after it was rammed by a container ship.

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Four Canadian men detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider pleas for a hearing that could open the door to their freedom.

OTTAWA — Dozens of Canadian economists issued an ardent defence of Canada's price on pollution Tuesday, as the government faces increased pressure from the Conservatives and provincial premiers to cancel a planned increase to the levy.

MONTREAL — RCMP say they have arrested 13 people in a major operation against a suspected Montreal criminal organization. Spokesman Charles Poirier says police executed some 20 warrants for searches in businesses, residences and vehicles.

OTTAWA — A spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says 36 Canadians have now brought out of Haiti by helicopter.

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee plans to look into concerns about a high-security laboratory after two scientists lost their jobs over dealings with China.

MONTREAL — Popular consumer products risk disappearing from stores across Quebec — and those that remain could be more expensive — because of the province's French-language reform, says an association that represents thousands of foreign businesses.