National News

OTTAWA — Canada's new housing minister says he didn't have the tools he needed to address housing affordability issues when he was mayor of Vancouver — the country's most expensive housing market.

A group of hockey players was "shocked" when a woman asked if any of them would have sex with her in a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago, one of them testified Wednesday at the sexual-assault trial of five of his former teammates.

OTTAWA — CBC will no longer pay individual bonuses to employees, its board said in a statement Wednesday more than a year after concerns about the practice became political fodder on Parliament Hill.

SAINT-FERDINAND — The Parti Québécois was forced to defend its candidate on Wednesday ahead of an upcoming byelection northeast of Montreal after criticism of his decades-old, far-left activist past.

OTTAWA — Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday Canada needs to maximize its use of existing pipelines before building more — a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated an openness to new pipeline construction.

OTTAWA — Workers at Canada Post could be heading back to the picket lines in a matter of days — but a labour expert warns postal workers might find negotiating conditions far less favourable now than they were during their holiday job action.

OTTAWA — The CRTC launched a hearing about drafting a new definition for Canadian content Wednesday, but three big American streaming companies dropped off the schedule at the last minute.

WASHINGTON — An expert in critical minerals told U.S.

MONTREAL — Officials in Quebec's Nunavik region are raising the alarm over water shortages in the Inuit community of Puvirnituq, where a frozen pipe and persistent blizzards have left residents without consistent water deliveries for nearly two month

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jamil Jivani sent a letter to the federal government Wednesday raising concerns about the lack of a labour minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet at a time of economic friction with the United States.