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The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra-billing and private insurance do not violate the Charter

LYTTON, B.C. — A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived.

OTTAWA — Canadians who pay the federal carbon price got a midsummer money drop today with the first half of their annual "climate action incentive" payment deposited into their bank accounts.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons industry committee agreed Friday to study the massive Rogers outage that left millions of Canadians in a communications blackout for more than 15 hours last week.

MONTREAL — The Quebec judicial council will examine a complaint regarding a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism stemming from a 2019 event.

OTTAWA — Songwriters are entitled to just one royalty — not two — when their music is streamed or downloaded through an online service, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

HALIFAX — The common-law wife of the man responsible for the Nova Scotia mass shooting told an inquiry Friday that she lied to police about his illegal weapons and failed to report earlier violent behaviour because she was deeply afraid of him.

In preparation for future pandemic and seasonal flu seasons, the federal government announced Friday it has signed a new deal with GlaxoSmithKline for influenza vaccines.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Police in Lethbridge, Alta., say a woman has been charged with attempted murder after a worker in a law office was taken hostage and stabbed multiple times in the neck. More coming. The Canadian Press