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Victims of violent crime told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal on Monday that they need more support from the federal government

Montreal paramedics say staff shortages are to blame after an ambulance took seven hours to respond over the weekend to a call involving a 91-year-old woman who died before they arrived

HALIFAX — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki initially recommended the federal government not share information on the types of guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting — a stance she apparently shifted a few days later.

VICTORIA — A police officer is out of intensive care after being injured in a shootout outside a British Columbia bank nearly two weeks ago.

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A Vancouver Island First Nation says the first phase of scanning for unmarked graves has begun on the grounds of a former residential school near Port Alberni, B.C.

TORONTO — Sabina Abilova and Andrii Koziura sit at the dinner table in their basement apartment, laptops open, searching for jobs that might help them pay for next month's rent.

OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada has brought in an outside lawyer to help determine whether one of its committees has the jurisdiction to hear Patrick Brown challenge his disqualification.

MONTREAL — A Quebec politician and biker gang expert said Monday that when he learned of the death of the notorious ex-Hells Angels leader Maurice (Mom) Boucher, he immediately thought about the killer's victims.

HALIFAX — Domestic violence extended back generations in the family of the man who carried out the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, a document released Monday by a public inquiry reveals.

VICTORIA — Canada's premiers are starting their summer gathering at a Victoria-area First Nation where they'll meet with leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations, a collection of five national Indigenous groups.