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Until Friday afternoon, the Speaker was considered a highly respected Speaker on both sides of the political aisle. 

BLANC-SABLON, Que. — Quebec provincial police have identified the three fishermen who died after their boat sank off of Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning. Provincial police spokesman Sgt.

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OTTAWA — The military judge overseeing a court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan said he was "annoyed" by delays Tuesday that prevented him from hearing any evidence from the woman at the centre of the case.

OTTAWA — The federal government is unlocking another $20 billion in low-cost financing for the construction of rental housing across Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Tuesday.

MONTREAL — A nurses union on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula says job postings by the local health-care network discriminate against francophones because they require that applicants speak English.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Two people are dead and four more are injured after a helicopter crash east of Prince George, B.C., on Tuesday. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said in a statement that the crash occurred just before 7:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden made history Tuesday as the first modern U.S. president to visit a picket line, cheering on striking autoworkers in Michigan as part of a big-stakes play for blue-collar support in a vital electoral battleground.

OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday he received an intelligence briefing about allegations that the Indian government could be behind the killing of a Sikh gurdwara leader in British Columbia.

LAVAL, Que. — A preliminary hearing for a Quebec man accused of killing two four-year-olds and injuring six other children after he allegedly drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare is expected to take place in the new year.