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MONTREAL — As a Quebec teachers strike drags on, parents and child development experts warn the resulting classroom closures will have a profound effect on some students' education.

The mother of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd says she's glad a Dutch court has imposed the maximum six-year jail term on the man convicted of bullying her daughter into suicide.

If you don't already have a white Christmas, the song is the only one you're likely to get, says Environment Canada's chief climatologist. "If you don't have snow now, you're not going to get it," said David Phillips.

OTTAWA — The late John Godfrey, a former university president, newspaper editor and Liberal MP, made meaningful and lasting contributions to public life, recalled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is insisting that Hamas must surrender to Israel, after the armed militant group praised Canada for being one of the countries calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

OTTAWA — The federal government is reappointing Matthew Boswell as the commissioner of competition for a two-year term. Boswell, who was first appointed as commissioner in 2019, was slated to finish his term at the end of February.

VANCOUVER — A prop for a teacher’s presentation at a Vancouver secondary school set off a lockdown and an emergency response by police on Thursday.

Toronto will receive nearly half a billion dollars in housing funding from the federal government as part of an agreement announced Thursday that would see the city fast-track the construction of close to 12,000 additional units over the next three y

LANGLEY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say a woman faces more than a dozen charges related to an alleged human trafficking scheme involving sexual exploitation of people under 18.

Quebec's Environment Department says it is introducing a new measure to mitigate the impact of wind farms on bats native to the province.