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Montreal's social intervention squad contends with rising need, lack of shelter space

MONTREAL — Equipped with a case of naloxone and a backpack of warm socks, two members of Montreal’s social intervention team peer around the side of a dumpster behind a downtown McDonald’s, looking to see if someone needs their help.

Oct 26, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Lotto 649 winning numbers for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 01, 04, 16, 22, 29 & 47.

Oct 25, 2023 9:38 PM Read more >

Shooter in Sault Ste. Marie involved in intimate partner investigations in past

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — A day before a man killed four people – including three children – in Sault Ste. Marie, police in the northern Ontario city got a domestic violence call from one of the homes where the gunman carried out his rampage.

Oct 25, 2023 5:56 PM Read more >

Accused RCMP leaker never spoke of doing undercover operations: former colleague

OTTAWA — A former colleague of Cameron Jay Ortis, who is accused of disclosing secrets to people of interest to police, has testified in court that Ortis never mentioned taking part in undercover operations.

Oct 25, 2023 3:52 PM Read more >

Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines

OTTAWA — The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reform, the agency announced Wednesday.

Oct 25, 2023 3:10 PM Read more >

Colleagues mourn Ontario Sen. Ian Shugart, former top civil servant, dead at 66

OTTAWA — Ian Shugart, an Ontario senator and former top public servant, has died at the age of 66, Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné confirmed on Wednesday.

Oct 25, 2023 2:55 PM Read more >

'The war has begun': Quebec coroner hears of stalking, custody concerns in familicide

MONTREAL — A former work colleague of a Montreal woman who was killed along with her children by her estranged spouse in December 2019 told an inquiry Wednesday that he was following her despite a court order forbidding contact.

Oct 25, 2023 2:53 PM Read more >

Canada needs to move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson

OTTAWA — Canada needs to move faster on renewable energy as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand for all fossil fuels will peak in seven years, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday.

Oct 25, 2023 2:51 PM Read more >

French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

MONTREAL — A group of French-language university leaders in Quebec is coming to the defence of English schools who say a planned tuition hike for out-of-province students could devastate their finances.

Oct 25, 2023 2:39 PM Read more >

Blair offers little on how 'humanitarian pauses' in Israel-Hamas war would work

OTTAWA — The federal government supports humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to clear a path for critical aid to get to civilians in the Gaza Strip, but isn't quite sure yet how that would work, Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday

Oct 25, 2023 2:35 PM Read more >