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OTTAWA — Afghan interpreters who have made it to Canada say their family members fleeing the Taliban deserve the same treatment as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops.

OTTAWA — Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Boardover her prior convictions in the United States.

OTTAWA — Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue — helping end the Russian war on Ukraine, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.

WINNIPEG — Highlights of Tuesday's Manitoba budget: — The education tax rebate for residential and farm properties is to rise to 37.5 per cent from 25 per cent, which would saving the average homeowner $196 annually.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault warned his troops to stay humble on Tuesday after his Coalition Avenir Québec won a Montreal-area byelection the day prior, and as the two once-dominant parties — the Liberals and Parti Québécois — suffered

New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut residents age 50 years and up can now get a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The territory announced Tuesday that eligible people who have had their third dose at least four- and-a-half months ago can now get a fourth.

OTTAWA — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, retired teacher Lois Armstrong said local health officials where she lives in Kingston, Ont., provided daily updates about outbreaks, cases and deaths in the community.

OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Labour Congress expressed worries on Tuesday that labour groups could be left out of talks over a federal pledge to let workers access skills training programs before they become unemployed.

OTTAWA — Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential school graves, documents show.