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VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is open to proposals from the private sector for a refinery in British Columbia, as a public inquiry into the province's soaring gas prices reviews possible solutions.

CALGARY — An Alberta judge has found parts of the province's Mental Health Act unconstitutional after it was used to hold a man against his will for nine months and treat him with psychiatric drugs.

OTTAWA — The federal government promised $900 million in compensation Thursday to settle multiple class-action lawsuits lodged on behalf of survivors of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and sexual assault in the military.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer faced strong criticism from nutrition experts on Thursday after he pledged to review the new Canada Food Guide should the Tories win power this fall.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Chiefs who gathered in New Westminster, B.C.

OTTAWA — Prosecutors are going to court to try to force Canada's No. 2 military judge to name another military judge to preside over the trial of the No. 1 military judge. A month ago, Lt.-Col.

OTTAWA — Amnesty International is calling on the Canadian government to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States in light of a controversial refugee policy implemented this week by the Trump administration. The new U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A widely scorned fence blocking one of Canada's most spectacular vistas — the view of St. John's, N.L., from the Signal Hill historic site — was almost entirely dismantled Thursday following a public outcry.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is planning to recruit civil servants from Quebec who are concerned about a new law in the province banning religious symbols at work.

OTTAWA — Caitlan Coleman says she gave interviews to media outlets in the middle of her estranged husband's trial for allegedly assaulting her because she wanted to provide hope to other women.