National News

CALGARY — Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis has told a newspaper columnist that he had a contract with a political fixer but denies he asked for a reporter's phone logs to trace the sources of a story.

OTTAWA — Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will depart from an Ontario military base in the coming days to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, including some who will come to Canada.

OTTAWA — Canada’s top military commander says his troops are feeling the sharp bite of skyrocketing housing prices and other costs of living due to their unique lifestyles, and more housing on Canadian Armed Forces bases is needed. Gen.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's convictions on firearm and drug charges even though his arrest in Calgary six years ago violated his charter rights.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man who killed his parents and his son and left his daughter for dead has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.

OTTAWA — Canada's housing minister says federal funding to ramp up the pace of new builds will also look to target the kind of homes required to meet the changing needs of Canadians.

Easier access to COVID-19 vaccine boosters could be a way of addressing the plateauing rates of Canadians getting the shot, public health and immunology experts say.

OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved AstraZeneca's antibody combination to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 infection in immunocompromised people.

Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King is expected to face two new charges, the day after his bail review hearing came to an abrupt and unexpected halt when his lawyer’s computer appeared to be hacked.

VICTORIA — A positive case of avian influenza has been confirmed on a British Columbia farm in the north Okanagan region.