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OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti said a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers themselves.

MONTREAL — Premier François Legault said Friday a school board in western Quebec should never have hired a woman who had to be removed from her teaching duties because she wears a hijab.

MONTREAL — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday.

OTTAWA — Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, has gone into self-isolation after attending an in-person event on Sunday where she might have come in contact with several COVID-19 cases.

OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September.

New federal modelling suggests the Omicron variant could propel an enormous spike in COVID-19 cases over the next few months. But there's still a lot scientists need to learn about the latest mutation.

WASHINGTON — Canada is threatening to take a hard line with the United States if senators approve President Joe Biden's controversial tax credits for electric vehicles. In a letter to key members of the U.S.

OTTAWA — John Letts says he's on a mission to save his son Jack's life, but also to change the way people think about him.

OTTAWA — Canada is forecast to see a resurgence of COVID-19 and it could speed up even more if the Omicron variant replaces Delta, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are under increasing pressure to fix an issue in the pandemic safety net that has rolled back or cut off benefits to low-income seniors.