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MONTREAL — Quebec's finance minister says $300,000 of expiring American alcohol that is banned from the province's shelves will be donated rather than destroyed.

The investigation continues into the disappearance of two young children from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia more than three months ago.

After a violent confrontation with an alleged home invader, an Ontario resident is now facing criminal charges — raising questions about how far Canadians can go to protect themselves.

The new mRNA shots will target the LP.8.1 variant, a descendant of Omicron that the World Health Organization was monitoring earlier this year.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon travel to Europe in a bid to deepen economic and security ties with Germany. Carney told reporters Friday he will meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday.

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that a cull of about 400 ostriches can proceed at a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an avian flu outbreak.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is ordering parties involved in a decade-long child welfare case to work together — or separately — to reform the system and stop Ottawa from further discriminating against First Nations children.

OTTAWA — Canada has signed onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.

MONTREAL — Air Canada says operations are almost back to full capacity as it continues to ramp up flights following a flight attendants strike.

MONTRÉAL — New federal data says apparent opioid-related deaths dropped by 17 per cent across Canada in 2024 compared with the prior year. But they rose in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories over the same period.