National News

MONTREAL — The president of a striking Quebec teachers union says she hopes intense negotiation sessions with the government will continue all weekend as the two parties try to reach an agreement.

TORONTO — As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressing the health effects of climate change.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

An estimated 160,000 will be trees removed from the park for public safety reasons after a years-long infestation of western hemlock looper moths.

OTTAWA — A high-ranking federal official says Ottawa has not verified the legitimacy of disputed Métis communities in Ontario that have been at the centre of heated debate over a government bill.

WINNIPEG — A man who served as a military corporal has been charged in a shooting that claimed the lives of four people in Manitoba's capital.

CALGARY — Police say a man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Calgary. Officers responded to reports of gunshots in the Beltline neighbourhood, south of downtown, just after 9 p.m. Thursday.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's conducting a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office where a group of officers said they were subjected to sexual assault and harassment.

The 13-year-old girl who Ibrahim Ali is accused of murdering in a British Columbia park wasn't the "innocent" depicted in a "rose-coloured" portrayal by the Crown at trial, and may have found Ali attractive, his lawyer says.

Canada's spy agency has launched a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office over what it calls "serious allegations" raised by whistleblowers, who say they were sexually assaulted and harassed by a senior officer.