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OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals countrywide.

MONTREAL — A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest on Monday that a Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equipment even before the pandemic hit.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia in 2017.

OTTAWA — Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off Sunday with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campaign spending promises was based in reality.

VANCOUVER — A group of British Columbia community organizations wants changes to the province's COVID-19 vaccine card, saying it fails to account for the needs of people who face legitimate barriers to getting a vaccine or proof of immunization.

OTTAWA — A Toronto property developer who has worked tirelessly to help hundreds of people fleeing the Taliban settle in Canada — spending $50,000 to buy them essential supplies — has been praised as a “shining example of Canadian compassion” by the

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $11 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept.

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau denied wanting Jody Wilson-Raybould to lie as the SNC-Lavalin affair — which figured prominently in the last election — burst back onto the campaign trail Saturday with the publication of an excerpt of the forme