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OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King has been scheduled to stand trial beginning Nov. 27, andnow says he wants to be judged by a jury of his peers.

MONTREAL — A Muslim organization and a civil liberties group asked for permission on Monday to appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that denied their request to suspend the province’s ban on visible prayer in public schools.

OTTAWA — Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett has announced that she will not stand for re-election as a member of Parliament.

SAINT-ANSELME, Que. — Quebec provincial police continue to search the banks of a river southeast of Quebec City for a Ukrainian refugee missing since Wednesday. Sgt.

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OTTAWA — Geraldine Shingoose was shocked when she opened a report probing what should be done to protect potential unmarked grave sites at former residential schools for Indigenous children.

MINEGOZIIBE ANISHINABE — Before the sun broke through the sky Monday morning, members of a Manitoba First Nation planned to start a critical month-long search in a good way.

Bill Black still gets letters and cards thanking him and other Canadian veterans for their service in the Korean War.

HALIFAX — A flooded Nova Scotia field was the focus of an intense weekend search for four people, including two children, lost after rushing waters caused by torrential rains swamped the vehicles they were travelling in. RCMP Cpl.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a toddler was killed after being struck by a car at a campsite in the Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region north of Quebec City. Provincial police say the boy, under the age of two, was struck around 11 a.m.