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OTTAWA — The lines of attack have been traced for months, but now federal parties' battle plans are poised to go into effect with an election campaign set to kick off Sunday.

The Alberta government is walking back its decision to eliminate isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19 after weeks of pressure from local leaders, physicians and families. Dr.

TORONTO — The decisions of several top-tier universities to make COVID-19 vaccination a requirement to return to campus is putting added pressure on holdouts to follow suit, with some professors hoping the moves signal a sea change in higher-educatio

REGINA — Saskatchewan has become the latest jurisdiction to sign on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families.

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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — People in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital are tossing their plastic buckets in exasperation after a request from Parks Canada to stop picking blueberries on Signal Hill.

REGINA — Saskatchewan has become the latest jurisdiction to sign on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day childcare for families.

OTTAWA — Acting chief of the defence staff Wayne Eyre has been promoted in what can only be seen as a signal the Trudeau government plans to keep the infantry officer as commander of Canada's military.

Paul Theodore Hellyer, the influential former federal defence minister, has died at the age of 98. Hellyer fell and struck his head on June 19, losing the ability to walk and temporarily losing the ability to speak. He convalesced at St.

OTTAWA — It's not like in the United States, where election day occurs like clockwork on the same week every four years — and has since before Canada was a country.