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MONTREAL — The day-to-day activities of Karla Homolka are once again causing a stir in Montreal after a media report said the convicted killer has been allowed to volunteer at an elementary school.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man fighting to have his last name — Grabher — reinstated on a licence plate says police have now forced him to remove an inactive Alberta plate from the front of his car.

OTTAWA — Federal investments doled out through the government's new infrastructure financing agency may be used to ensure a financial return to private investors if a project fails to generate enough revenues, documents show.

TORONTO — Policy-makers should take time to ensure there are no unintended consequences stemming from efforts to rein in Toronto's runaway housing prices before introducing further measures, the new CEO of the Canadian Bankers Association said Wednes

A ringleader of the so-called Toronto 18 terror cell continues to minimize his role in the deadly plot and can't guarantee he has the support to manage his return to society, officials said in upholding an order for his detention.

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is set to unveil about $1 billion in financial supports for softwood lumber producers and their employees.

TORONTO — The criminal charge of possessing child pornography does not include a lesser offence of accessing the lewd images, Ontario's top court ruled on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — As he highlighted the defence industry as a driver of economic growth, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan also used a major speech Wednesday to blast American firm Boeing for picking a trade spat with Bombardier.

HALIFAX — Voter turnout in Nova Scotia slumped to an all-time low in Tuesday's provincial election, with just over half of eligible voters casting ballots.

HALIFAX — A day after winning Nova Scotia's first back-to-back majority governments in nearly 30 years, Premier Stephen McNeil signalled he will continue to take a tough line with the province's public sector unions in his new mandate.