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MONTREAL — Airlines say it goes too far. Advocates say not far enough.

OTTAWA — Canada is welcoming the announcement of a new 72-hour ceasefire agreement in Sudan late Monday, though the chief of the defence staff warns the situation in the east African country makes any evacuation operation challenging.

VANCOUVER — A recent court decision about workplace discrimination involving the mother of a young child is "a significant win for gender equality," British Columbia's human rights commissioner said.

OTTAWA — Cities need to hire more security officers for their transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses, the Canadian Urban Transit Association said Monday as it published a list of recommendations to re

OTTAWA — The federal government offered to do a joint review of its return-to-office orders for civil servants but hasn't budged on its latest wage offer, as a strike of the government's largest public-sector union continued for a sixth day Monday.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge on Monday extended an injunction to protect a downtown Montreal homeless encampment located under a busy highway, and once again delayed major repair work needed on the aging infrastructure.

OTTAWA — The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has refused to tell a parliamentary committee investigating releases from an oilsands tailings pond about when the provincial government was told about the problem.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons took an unplanned break Monday morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination.

OTTAWA — Canadians will be able to celebrate the coronation of King Charles at a special event in Ottawa on May 6. The federal Heritage Department says an hour-long program is being prepared to mark the occasion featuring music, art and poetry.