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OTTAWA — A federal agency that monitors brewing online threats warns of fraudsters dangling COVID-19-related content to fool victims into clicking on malicious links and attachments.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he's preparing to table a motion that would see city council vote on the decriminalization of simple possession of illicit drugs.

OTTAWA — Canada's first parliamentary budget watchdog says there are ways for the federal government to impose some discipline on its upcoming spending plans to keep the deficit from spiralling out of control.

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois will get to debate a bill Thursday that would require anyone applying for Canadian citizenship in Quebec to demonstrate functional proficiency in French.

OTTAWA — The Canada-U. S. border is set to remain closed well into December.

Newly published research says climate change is making familiar winter activities on frozen lakes and rivers more dangerous.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Police in Longueuil, Que., say they arrested a man Tuesday in connection with threats against the city's mayor and other local elected officials over a plan to cull white-tailed deer in a municipal park.

TORONTO — Canadians will have to wait a little while longer to see the federal government's plan for the development of small nuclear reactors, seen by proponents as critical to the country's fight against global warming.

FREDERICTON — One day after the trial for the 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton began, the defence sought a mistrial, which could have derailed the legal proceedings against admitted killer Matthew Raymond.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ...