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MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says he is "more optimistic" about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In a story that moved on Saturday, Dec. 17, The Canadian Press incorrectly described Miss Chinese Vancouver contestant Renee Jan as a medical science graduate. In fact, she is a science graduate, specializing in life sciences. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — The group of "Freedom Convoy" protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2022.

OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti's recent cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country.

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OTTAWA — Canada's ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, has taken effect.

MONTREAL — Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiversity deal reached in Montreal on Monday.

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has decided a miscarriage of justice likely occurred in the case of a man convicted of murdering his fiancée in Richmond, B.C., in 1994 and has referred the matter to the province's Court of Appeal.

EDMONTON — Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government saying its sovereignty act is an infringement on treaty rights.

VANCOUVER — Internal RCMP documents show police sawpotential for human-wolf "conflict" after the animals escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in August, while the facility announced there was no danger to the public.