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OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland urged a committee of senators Wednesday not to tweak the pharmacare bill he carefully negotiated with the NDP earlier this year.

VANCOUVER — Supervised injection sites are saving the lives of drug users everyday, but the same support is not being offered to people who inhale illicit drugs, the head of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says. Dr.

OTTAWA — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ abstained Wednesday from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government will slash the number of international student visas it processes by another 10 per cent, and a group representing Ontario colleges is warning that will lead to program cuts.

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP who was targeted by Beijing told a federal inquiry Wednesday that sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has become "a playground" for foreign interference.

Federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development instead of Parks sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is expected to officially kick off a provincial election campaign Thursday morning with a visit to the lieutenant-governor.

OTTAWA — Conservatives are denying any association with protesters who harassed Jagmeet Singh, among others, outside of Parliament Hill this week after Liberal ministers accused them of lending their support.

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois is ruling out the possibility that Canadians will be plunged into an early election next week, signalling Wednesday their intention to vote against a Conservative motion of non-confidence in the government.

FREDERICTON — The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick have released results from a pre-election questionnaire sent to the province's political parties, saying they are "particularly disappointed" with responses from the governing Pro