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VANCOUVER — British Columbia is looking to other countries to solve its nursing shortage "crisis," starting with financial support to help internationally educated nurses get registered and licensed faster through a streamlined system.

OTTAWA — Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a federal ombudsman's decision not to investigate the matter.

MONTREAL — An October Supreme Court decision hailed by some as a victory for free speech is leading Quebec's human rights commission to drop dozens of cases involving allegations of discriminatory comments.

One of the companies that had planned to build an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains has signed an agreement with an Alberta government agency to work toward converting the project to renewable energy.

OTTAWA — Governments should consider extreme heat a natural disaster as climate change raises the risk of soaring summer temperatures in much of Canada, a new report says.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government said Tuesday it will cap the cost of plane tickets for all travel within the province to the regions, as a way to increase tourism to rural areas located far from the big cities.

Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of patients with COVID-19 that some health officials say will likely continue for another month.

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the gas-and-dash death of an Alberta gas station owner has been granted day parole.

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence is reporting limited progress on enforcing an order that all troops bare their arms, with fewer unvaccinated members having been forced to hang up their uniforms than previously reported.

Ottawa convoy protest organizer Pat King is now facing perjury and obstruction of justice charges related to testimony he gave at his bail review hearing last week. King was arrested on Feb.