National News

OTTAWA — The political battle lines over gender identity came into sharper focus Wednesday as Pierre Poilievre came out against treating young people with puberty blockers — a position that prompted a broadside from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Quebec is asking the federal government to change the Criminal Code so the province can begin allowing people to request medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.

OTTAWA — Two Canadian soldiers are accused of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines to military members at a Canadian Forces Base in Petawawa, Ont., and to civilians in the area.

HALIFAX — The mayor of Cape Breton's largest municipality says she wept Tuesday night when a huge snowplow rumbled down her street in Sydney, N.S.

VANCOUVER — Views of Metro Vancouver's ski hills looming over the city are a sea of green after a winter of record-breaking warmth, sparse snow and torrential rain.

British Columbia-based conservation groups have written to the federal environment minister requesting a review of a chemical used in tire rubber, which experts say has been linked to the "mass deaths" of coho salmon.

OTTAWA — A former RCMP intelligence official has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for breaching Canada's secrets law in what the judge called a case without precedent.

MONTREAL — A Montreal man appeared in court on Wednesday after he allegedly threatened in an online post to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

OTTAWA — Five people are facing mischief charges after the building that houses the Prime Minister's Office was doused with splashes of pink paint.

MONTREAL — The RCMP say a former employee of Quebec's hydro utility who is accused of spying on behalf of China is facing two new charges.