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MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to force new doctors trained in the province to work in Quebec's public health-care system for the first few years of their practice, in a bid to slow the loss of physicians to the private sector and to ot

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don't match, the chief of Grande Prairie’s new police force gets down to work.

MONTREAL — Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his honour, calling them "idiots.

OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million.

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VICTORIA — A record number of first-time provincial politicians are about to descend on British Columbia's legislature, looking to make positive contributions for the province and trying to find the washrooms in the 127-year-old building.

OTTAWA — India's high commission in Canada is condemning violence that erupted Sunday as Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in the Toronto suburb of Brampton.

VANCOUVER — The union representing more than 700 foremen is accusing the BC Maritime Employers Association of "acting recklessly" by threatening an industry-wide lockout to close all B.C. ports by 8 a.m.