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OTTAWA — Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips is hopeful Ottawa's famed Rideau Canal will open for skating this year despite winter's slow start.

Severe weather and natural disasters caused more than $3 billion in insured damages for the second year in a row in 2023. 

MONTREAL — The family of one of the men killed in an alleged hit-and-run on New Year's Day in Montreal attended a court appearance on Monday for the accused, saying they wanted to make sure justice is served. Just after 1 a.m. the morning of Jan.

B.C. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming's letter to his federal counterpart, Pablo Rodriguez, comes after a series of incidents involving commercial trucks or their cargo slamming into highway overpasses.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Mourners and officials paid tribute Monday to those who died after the Iranian military shot down Flight PS752 four years ago, as they called for the Iranian regime to be held accountable for what happened.

OTTAWA — These are the 10 most expensive years for natural disasters in Canada as measured by insurance payouts, adjusted for inflation in 2022. This data is from the Insurance Bureau of Canada. 1. 2016, $5.

OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats believe they will soon be able to pay off their 2021 election debt, but will await end-of-year fundraising totals before marking the occasion.

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament from all parties must set a better tone when the House of Commons resumes later this month, interim Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon said Monday.

Law firm Slater Vecchio says it has filed the lawsuit in British Columbia against Mexican company Malichita, which grew the cantaloupes, and two U.S. food companies. 

MONTREAL — New York State Police have identified Jeanne Elzanie Jourdan Colin, a 74-year-old Montrealer, as the person who died in a tour bus crash in Lake George, N.Y., on Friday. They say one person remains in critical condition at an Albany, N.Y.