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Bombardier Inc. has reached a deal to sell its rail-building unit to French train giant Alstom SA, which executives say will bring an end to a frantic period that saw the Quebec company sell off several key assets in order to deal with crippling debt.

The federal government is asking for an extension on a looming court deadline requiring it to update the country's medical assistance in dying (MAID) law.

Dwight Ball is stepping down as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador after months of scandals have besieged the House of Assembly.

A federal order for trains carrying dangerous goods to slow down after two fiery crashes near Guernsey, Sask., has been further revised by Transport Minister Marc Garneau. 

Canadian passengers of a cruise ship that has been quarantined in Japan due to a coronavirus outbreak on board are still waiting to be repatriated as their American counterparts touched down in the U.S. on Monday.

People living with HIV in Ontario are diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease more often and earlier than HIV-negative people, according to new research from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.

New research suggests infants who are exposed to cleaning products are more likely to develop asthma and wheeze later in life.

Rallies have sprung up across the country as demonstrators used the holiday weekend to voice their support for the hereditary chiefs of Wet'suwet'en Nation in northern British Columbia

Canadians quarantined on a cruise ship with a growing number of passengers infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus expressed frustration with Ottawa's response as a plane headed to Tokyo to bring them home.

As the world continues to respond to COVID-19 -- the virus that has gripped public attention and worry since the end of December -- scientists are asking if we really learned our lesson from previous viral outbreaks.

The currently death toll is 1,868, and confirmed infections have risen to 72,436

As well, the role of politicians in police operations has caused some confusion

Under Ball, the Liberals were re-elected in May 2019 but reduced to a minority

A Quebec Superior Court Judge ruled last September that it is unconstitutional to limit the right to a medically assisted death to those whose natural death is 'reasonably foreseeable'

The deal will be done primarily in cash, with a chunk paid in new Alstom shares, Bombardier and Alstom confirmed in separate statements

Metrolinx attributes the delay largely to Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS), the private consortium building the LRT, for achieving ‘only 84 per cent of its target, meaning the project will be delayed.’

Fifteen Canadians on-board the ship had previously tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Some have taken to Twitter raising concern they’re “virtually unreadable” in certain conditions. Last April the Ford government announced “A Place To Grow” as the slogan for the new plate designs.

A GoFundMe account has been set up by the family member, raising over $11,000 in under one day.

The protesters were acting in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, who oppose a major pipeline project that crosses their traditional territory in northern British Columbia.

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