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TORONTO — A think tank that's been compiling data on COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care homes says it has to stop its work because provinces are no longer making enough information public about the spread of the virus in the sector.

OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing $1,337 in compensation for turning in an AR-15 rifle under a mandatory buyback program.

QUEBEC — Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed shame and sorrow for the role Catholic institutions played in the “deplorable” residential school system, promising the church would help promote the Indigenous cultures the schools tried to erase.

SURREY, B.C. — The son of Ripudaman Singh Malik says the announcement of first-degree murder charges against two men in his father's slaying brings "mixed emotions.

Pope Francis is on a six-day tour of Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. Here are the latest developments on his stops today (all times are ET): — 7:35 p.m.

OTTAWA — Canada's bishops are working with the Vatican in the hope of issuing a new statement from the Catholic Church on the Doctrine of Discovery, the organizers of the papal visit said Wednesday.

Ottawa has asked France to extradite a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut, the federal justice minister confirmed Wednesday as Pope Francis continued his tour of Canada.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd feared that the person who was harassing and extorting her would continue for the rest of her life, and there was nothing she could do to stop it, a Crown attorney told B.C.

OTTAWA — It is not an obvious place to pitch a tent in Ottawa, on a concrete plaza opposite Parliament Hill.

VANCOUVER — A "vulnerable" woman has serious burns after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire, Vancouver police said Wednesday. A statement from police said it happened at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.