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Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations

Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations

OTTAWA — The military police have charged a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox

Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the disease.
Heat warnings across Canada, BoC inflation lessons : In The News for July 21

Heat warnings across Canada, BoC inflation lessons : In The News for July 21

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 July 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
Expanded Quebec provincial police cold case squad has yet to solve a murder

Expanded Quebec provincial police cold case squad has yet to solve a murder

MONTREAL — More than 50 years later, Isabel Marcotte still feels the pain of her sister's murder every day. On Sept. 12, 1969, 14-year-old Teresa Martin got off the bus near her home in Montreal's north end after going to a movie with friends.
More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister

More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister

Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs to reduce overdoses instead of fearing they will face barriers from their regulatory colleges
Truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash granted day parole

Truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash granted day parole

The Parole Board of Canada has granted the trucker who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash day parole for six months
Vancouver council OKs next step in Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid

Vancouver council OKs next step in Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid

VANCOUVER — An attempt to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia has reached a new milestone after a majority of Vancouver council members voted Wednesday to continue to support the Indigenous-led initiative.
Coroner's office orders inquest into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons

Coroner's office orders inquest into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons

MONTREAL — Quebec's chief coroner, Pascale Descary, has ordered a public inquest into the 2019 killing of a Montreal woman and her two young children.
Hockey Canada says it will no longer use reserve fund to settle sexual assault claims

Hockey Canada says it will no longer use reserve fund to settle sexual assault claims

Hockey Canada says it will no longer use a fund maintained by membership fees collected across the country to settle sexual assault claims
Jean Charest presses Conservative party to hold third leadership debate

Jean Charest presses Conservative party to hold third leadership debate

OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is pressing the party to decide whether it will hold a third debate for contenders seeking the top job.