National News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to launch a federal election campaign Sunday and send Canadians to the polls as soon as April 28.

BURNABY, B.C. — A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians are feeling increasingly alarmed by U.S. tariffs, President Donald Trump and American economic aggression.

TORONTO — Aviation experts say a preliminary report into a plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport suggests the aircraft came down at a high speed and touched down hard enough to break its landing gear.

Canada may be the happiest member of the G7, according to the recently released World Happiness report, but it's taken quite a tumble over the past couple of decades.

MONTREAL — Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec solidaire party who rose to prominence during the 2012 student strike, is stepping down from the party's leadership team.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will scrap the GST for first-time homebuyers who purchase a home with a sale price at or below $1 million.

HALIFAX — The federal government will join New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in spending a total of $650 million on protecting the Chignecto Isthmus, the narrow strip of flood-prone land that links the two Maritime provinces.

MONTREAL — In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province’s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students.