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MONTREAL — After a wave of antisemitic violence in Montreal since the start of the Israel-Hamas war — including gunshots fired at two Jewish schools — political leaders on Thursday tried to calm emotions, and police said they would increase patrols.

OTTAWA — Replacement workers would be banned during strikes and lockouts at federally regulated workplaces under new government legislation introduced Thursday in the House of Commons.

OTTAWA — Evacuees who escape from the Gaza Strip will need help to access mental-health care and housing, as well as assistance to get other family members out of the embattled Palestinian territory, the Canadian Council for Refugees said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to table the federal government's fall economic statement on Nov.

OTTAWA — The mayor of Halifax, which recently secured a deal with Ottawa to fast-track the building of thousands of new homes, says he was caught off guard by recent complaints from premiers over being left out of funding agreements between the feder

BURNABY, B.C. — Adrian Striga says that if he had slept in Thursday morning, it could have cost him his life.

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear an appeal of a ruling that struck down third-party election advertising rules in Ontario that limited spending.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from four pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers or distributors trying to stop a proposed class-action lawsuit by the British Columbia government.

WASHINGTON — It was a well-worn Canadian punchline during Donald Trump's tenure in the White House: someone should build a wall along the Canada-U.S. border. Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants to do exactly that.

MONTREAL — The president of Concordia University in Montreal is condemning the recent violence on campus linked to the Israel-Hamas war.