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OTTAWA — Federal auditor general Karen Hogan delivered a stark warning Thursday that government mismanagement is threatening to leave the navy and coast guard without the ships they need to defend Canada and protect its waterways.

Canada's top court has declined to hear an appeal from the Crown regarding the overturned murder conviction in the case of a former Nova Scotia medical student.

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic appears set to force a modernization of Canada's justice system.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A former Canadian soldier who killed three family members and himself in 2017 complained about repeated head injuries soon after he left the military in 2015, an inquiry heard Thursday.

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti says he will seek parliamentary approval to remove a Quebec judge from the bench after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the judge's appeal.

TORONTO — A new alert system that police recently used to find two missing girls received endorsement from the country's police chiefs on Thursday.

OTTAWA — A new estimate suggests the move to a hybrid Parliament could save as much as $6.2 million a year.

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EDMONTON — It’s budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative government is promising more help in the fight against COVID-19, but more red ink on the bottom line.

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies gradually ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.