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Liberals to debate age restrictions on social media, AI chatbots
Age restrictions on using social media accounts and AI chatbots are among the topics up for debate when Liberal party grassroots gather next month for their national convention. Party rank-and-file ar...
Mar 24, 2026 A photographer walks through the room ahead of the Liberal leadership announcement, Sunday, March 9, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Airstrikes batter Iran as it attacks Israel and Gulf states, while diplomatic efforts gather pace
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the ...
Mar 24, 2026 Israeli soldiers take their photo beside the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed in the West Bank village of Kifl Haris Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Four premiers ask for greater say in superior, appeal court judge appointments
The premiers of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan are jointly calling on the federal government to give them more of a say in judges who are appointed to their superior and appeal courts. They...
Mar 24, 2026 The Ontario Court of Appeal is seen in Toronto on April 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
Carney did not 'proactively' raise human rights or foreign interference with Xi: docs
Prime Minister Mark Carney did not "proactively" raise human rights or foreign interference with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his Beijing visit in January, the government says. The Privy Counci...
Mar 23, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to hold a press conference in Ritan Park in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Demands on air traffic controllers in the spotlight after fatal Air Canada crash
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to...
Mar 23, 2026 Firefighters and investigators examine the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, after landing Sunday night in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
B.C. driver asleep at wheel of Tesla, speeding down Highway 1 in rainy rush hour
Police in Metro Vancouver are warning drivers to remain attentive, even in a self-driving vehicle, after ticketing a woman who "appeared to be literally asleep at the wheel" on Highway 1. The BC Highw...
Mar 23, 2026 Unsold 2026 Tesla Model Y utility vehicles sit in a holding lot Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Auditor general says RCMP's staff shortage got worse in recent years
Royal Canadian Mounted Police staff shortages worsened after officials bet wrong on their recruitment needs and let rookie officers choose the locations of their first assignments, says the auditor ge...
Mar 23, 2026 Members of the RCMP march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary on Friday, July 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Jewish charity's ambulances set on fire. UK counter-terror police probe it as antisemitic attack
LONDON (AP) - Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday morning in London, in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Though it has not be...
Mar 23, 2026 View at burnt Ambulances in a car park at Golders Green in London, Monday, March 23, 2026 after an apparent arson attack on four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service, Hatzola Northwest, in London. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Bridgewater teen in court after threats to schools in N.S. and Manitoba
A 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater, N.S., is scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing today after alleged threats to schools in Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Police allege the girl and a 14-year-o...
Mar 23, 2026 The Bridgewater Justice Centre in Bridgewater, N.S. is seen on Sunday March 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Devin Stevens
Top court to hear arguments on Quebec secularism law, use of notwithstanding clause
A challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada beginning today, with the notwithstanding clause at the heart of arguments. The case stems from a...
Mar 23, 2026 New England Patriots fans react while watching the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game at a bar in Boston in 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Steven Senne)
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