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OTTAWA — A Supreme Court of Canada decision gives lawyer and human-rights advocate Dimitri Lascaris the green light to pursue a libel action against a national Jewish group.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 6:12 p.m. Health officials in B.C. are reporting 158 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. No one else has died from the illness, leaving the province’s death toll at 250.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A man who pleaded guilty to four murders last year in Penticton, B.C., told a judge Wednesday he intended to kill three people and knew his actions would likely cause the death of another person.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom.

VANCOUVER — NDP Leader John Horgan says he regrets making hurtful comments in answering a question about white privilege during the leaders debate in the B.C.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says Canadians have been spending more time and money online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL — Gilbert Rozon, the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival, took the stand at his rape trial Wednesday and testified that it was his accuser who got into bed with him. He told the court he remembers thinking, "She's really weird.

RED DEER, Alta. — A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta has been found fit to stand trial after a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour, 54, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Dr.

MONTREAL — Health officials in several provinces were scrambling to limit gatherings and outbreaks on Wednesday, including one at a cycling studio in Hamilton that has now been linked to 69 cases of COVID-19.

MONTREAL — Two weeks after Quebec imposed a partial lockdown on its two biggest cities, the number of new, daily COVID-19 infections reported by health authorities has stabilized.