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SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. — An 11-year-old boy has died after getting hit in the neck by a puck during a junior hockey league practice near Montreal earlier this week, police confirmed Friday. The incident occurred at around 7 p.m.

OTTAWA — The federal government is considering whether to pause its original plan tobroaden the rules that govern medically assisted dying so they include patients whose only underlying condition is a mental disorder.

EDMONTON — A man in Edmonton who was set to be deported to Uganda, where he feared prison or death for being gay, can stay in Canada for now. On Friday, the 25-year-old was granted a seven-month temporary resident permit.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons has wrapped up its work for 2023 after an intense fall sitting, with MPs returning to their ridings for a six-week holiday break.

VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $115 million federal funding deal with the City of Vancouver that he said could see more than 40,000 new homes built over the next decade.

OTTAWA — The Speaker of the House of Commons apologized once again on Friday for filming a video played at a partisan event, after a parliamentary committee had called on him to show more contrition.

OTTAWA — Four Canadian Griffon helicopters will be sent to Latvia next year as part of a NATO deterrence mission, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced during a visit to the Baltic country Friday. Blair and defence chief Gen.

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OTTAWA — A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a recent interview.

HALIFAX — The daughter of a wrongfully convicted Nova Scotia man says that even in death her father is being denied justice — and she is demanding a stalled criminal investigation of his case become "a priority.