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OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidates are squaring off in a French-language debate in Montreal. The event is set to run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and is being moderated by former TVA-Québec anchor Pierre Jobin.

The B.C. Conservatives' attorney general critic is defying Opposition Leader John Rustad's request to take down a social-media post saying there are “zero” confirmed child burial sites at the former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

A report from a First Nation says the massive Chilcotin River landslide in the B.C. Interior last year revealed shortfalls in communication and co-ordination of the emergency response from provincial and federal governments.

Candidates for the leadership of the federal Liberal party are gathering tonight in Montreal for the first of two debates.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad has found a carbon tax he likes, proposing such a levy on U.S.

Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps was referring to some provincial parks as "state" parks, an incorrect designation that has ruffled feathers at a time of heightened tension between Canada and the United States.

MONTREAL — Indigenous people risk being pushed aside as Canada looks to defend itself against a possible trade war with the United States, says an outgoing regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday that Canada needs to send the message it will "fight back" after U.S. President Donald Trump said steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products are indeed coming next week.

VANCOUVER — The Musqueam Indian Band has signed an agreement with the federal government to share ground lease revenue from the Vancouver International Airport.

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. — Correctional Service Canada says an 85-year-old convicted killer has escaped from a minimum security prison north of Montreal.