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OTTAWA — The RCMP illegally scooped up mobile phone data half a dozen times using controversial Stingray devices, the federal privacy watchdog says.

OTTAWA — In one of his final speeches in the House of Commons, Liberal MP Arnold Chan — who died Thursday after a three-year battle with cancer — delivered earlier this summer a poignant appeal for civility and decency in politics.

OTTAWA — Leaders of indigenous groups have joined a growing list of people asking the federal government to delay its plans to make recreational marijuana legal in Canada by next summer.

WINNIPEG — The mayor of Winnipeg is calling for the resignation of a senator who wants Indigenous people to give up their status cards in exchange for Canadian citizenship. Brian Bowman said the comments by Conservative Sen.

TORONTO — The number of home purchases by non-Canadians appears to be dropping in an Ontario region, including Toronto, that is subject to a foreign buyer tax.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier cautioned against moves to erase Canada's history Thursday amid questions about a town in his province named for a contentious British general who Montreal has decided to remove from its streetscape.

OTTAWA — Liberal backbencher Arnold Chan, whose eloquent, emotional tribute to democracy earlier this summer moved many in the House of Commons to tears, was remembered Thursday as a good friend, a wonderful husband and a dedicated public servant.

SAINT-HONORÉ, Que. — For Mayor Bruno Tremblay, the latest case of hateful graffiti in his Quebec town was the final straw.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Crown prosecutors' office says it will not file an appeal of a judge's decision rejecting a high-risk designation for a man who killed his three children.

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