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TORONTO — Top public health officials in Ontario say they will make an announcement later this evening. The officials, including the province's chief medical officer, have called a news conference at 5:30 p.m. at the legislature.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined Saturday to shed any light on lingering questions about the use of party money to pay for his children's tuition, an issue that threw his party into turmoil just as he announced his decision to step

OTTAWA — The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27.

STELLARTON, N.S. — After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before an enthusiastic hometown crowd in Nova Scotia.

TORONTO — Habib Haghjoo's girls are returning home.

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. — Quebec provincial police are continuing the search for four French tourists who remain missing after a tragic snowmobile accident in the province's Lac-Saint-Jean region.

BAY ROBERTS, N.L. — The RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador say they've found a man who went missing at the height of a historic storm that hit the eastern part of province on Jan. 17.

OTTAWA — The body that Canadians turn to with disputes over federal benefits wants to learn from people who are most impacted by the system, with an eye to further reducing wait times and streamlining an appeals process that has already gone through

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 28 will grow to approximately $22 million. The Canadian Press

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The City of St. John's has lifted a state of emergency that's been in place for more than a week.