National News

MONTREAL — Around 420,000 Quebec public sector workers will receive salary increases of 17.4 per cent over five years. The labour alliance representing the workers confirmed today the settlement that led to a Dec.

OTTAWA — Canada and some of its allies are warning the Houthis that they will bear responsibility for the consequences of their continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

Montreal police say the missing one-year-old girl who triggered an Amber Alert Tuesday has been found "safe and sound." Police say they arrested the baby's 18-year-old mother, who is expected to be questioned later today.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

EDMONTON — Dennis Edney, a lawyer who played a critical role in the release of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, has died at 77. An obituary published in the Edmonton Journal said Edney had dementia and died Saturday.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on Ottawa to conduct a charm offensive to defend Canada's trade interests in the U.S. ahead of November's presidential election.

VANCOUVER — A recent court injunction against a law to restrict public drug use in British Columbia denies police a much-anticipated enforcement tool, says a top law enforcement official. Officers are disappointed with the B.C.

MONTREAL — For the first time since 1877, Montrealers without housing may soon be unable to get a hot meal at an Old Montreal soup kitchen.

OTTAWA — The National Council of Canadian Muslims is calling on the federal government to remove a cap on the number of Palestinians who can seek refuge with their Canadian extended family members from the violence in the Gaza Strip.

FREDERICTON — An advocate for the wrongfully accused says it's possible justice will never be done in a 1983 murder, after the convictions of two New Brunswick men were recently overturned and they wait to learn whether they will be tried again.