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OTTAWA — The union representing rank-and-file Mounties has asked the federal government for $24 million annually to boost the RCMP cadet training allowance to help attract the best recruits.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says if people have fresh or frozen cantaloupe at home and they are unsure what brand the fruit is, they should throw it out and wash their hands.  

MONTREAL — There is some hope of progress in one of the several labour disputes rattling Quebec's public service as a union representing 95,000 teachers said Friday it had reached a partial agreement with the government.

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani announced Friday that he has ordered a new trial for two New Brunswick men convicted of a murder nearly 40 years ago.

Documents show that the court has granted the application for leave to hear the case of Tammy Bouvette, whose criminal negligence charge was thrown out by the B.C. Court of Appeal in April.

Pictures of Canadian victims are among the thousands of images depicting child sexual abuse that an internet watchdog group found in databases used to train popular artificial image generators.

The Prime Minister's Office says Trudeau will travel with his immediate family to the Caribbean country from Dec. 26 to Jan. 4.

Montreal's Concordia University has announced financial support of up to $4,000 for incoming out-of-province students in hopes of addressing concerns that a new government-imposed tuition increase will price them out of Quebec.

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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said this fall that Canada needs to better reflect the needs of developing countries and have closer ties with states where the majority of the world's population lives.