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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday accused the Israeli government of failing to prevent a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and of violating international law by denying aid.

Natural air is flowing to the area where three contractors are trapped in a northern British Columbia mine, the operator's safety chief said, adding that there appears to be a stable rescue route to them behind the massive rockfall that cut them off.

LONDON — The high-profile sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team ended Thursday with their acquittals, hailed by the defence as vindication after years of unjustified public condemnation and decried as "devas

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada's new Arctic ambassador will play a key role in preserving sovereignty in the region as the military closely watches the movements of a Chinese icebreaker.

LONDON — An Ontario judge has delivered her ruling in the sexual assault trial for five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

MAPLE RIDGE — Bruce Fairweather was in bed Wednesday night when he says his wife heard what sounded like gunshots. He went outside his home in Maple Ridge, B.C., and saw two vehicles on fire.

VANCOUVER — Two forensic psychiatrists have concluded their testimony at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial.

INUVIK — An Inuit leader who met Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss the federal government's controversial major projects legislation says he has been assured the bill respects treaty rights.

OTTAWA — Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two leaders of the "Freedom Convoy" protest, are scheduled to be sentenced for mischief on Oct. 7 in an Ottawa courtroom.

OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals with all provinces and territories.