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OTTAWA — A judge is expected to hear sharply differing arguments this week about the punishment he should hand to former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis.

OTTAWA — Liberal members of Parliament are divided about the position Canada should take on South Africa's push to have Israel prosecuted for genocide for its war in Gaza, as the Trudeau government stays mum.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — The suspect in Tuesday's stabbing of an interpreter at a suburban Montreal courthouse is facing multiple charges. Alexandre Garcés, 44, appeared in court in Longueuil, Que.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A bus carrying a Western Hockey League junior team slid off a highway in British Columbia's Interior, but the team says no one was injured.

OTTAWA — Nova Scotia is the fourth province to sign a new health accord with the federal government, with Ottawa sending $355 million to improve access to health care.

EDMONTON — Police detailed the health and safety dangers of homeless camps in Alberta's capital, as officers held off on taking down the eighth and final encampment they deemed to be "high risk" with a cold snap looming.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Expect -50 C wind chill for parts of northern B.C.

OTTAWA — The RCMP is reviewing an interaction that had a Rebel News commentator David Menzies arrested while trying to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland a question outside an event. Sgt.

OTTAWA — A Russian woman who feared being deported to face a conviction for opposing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has been granted Canadian citizenship, months after officials blocked her from taking the oath.

OTTAWA — The First Nations Family and Caring Society will argue before the Human Rights Tribunal Friday that Canada isn't living up to its promise of timely access to health care for Indigenous children.