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CALGARY — A driver who accidentally ran over a policeman broke down in tears at the first-degree murder trial Tuesday of the man accused in the officer's hit-and-run death. Sgt.

MONTREAL — Three weeks after threatening to tax unvaccinated Quebecers, Premier François Legault abandoned the idea on Tuesday, worried about how much it had divided the province.

An Indigenous delegation is to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash.

MONTREAL — A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year is once again being taken to court by his accusers.

TORONTO — Paula Abramcyzk sighs at the unknown her day will bring. Odds are, in the heart of the Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto. The ICU social worker is exhausted. It's 9:37 a.m.

OTTAWA — Elections Canada figures show donations dried up for the Bloc Québécois more than other federal parties after the election in September.

OTTAWA — Better-than-expected growth in November pushed the Canadian economy above pre-pandemic levels for the first time in nearly two years, but the Omicron surge in COVID-19 cases is expected to deal it yet another setback to start 2022.

OTTAWA — A group of Conservative MPs has submitted a letter to the caucus chair demanding a review of Erin O'Toole's leadership.

Joni Mitchell was right — they really are paving paradise and putting up parking lots. Statistics Canada's first survey of urban green space shows that, just as the singer-songwriter warned, cities across the country are getting greyer and browner.