National News

VANCOUVER — Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown Vancouver on Monday, some wondering aloud why they couldn't access the store to get prescriptions or buy hair dye.

OTTAWA — The Crown has asked a judge to consider an Ottawa man's pro-Hamas comments at a Toronto protest as an aggravating factor when deciding his sentence for breaching the bail conditions of an unrelated charge.

OTTAWA — The federal government has been forced to adjust the set-up in the House of Commons and committee rooms after another language interpreter suffered a significant hearing injury.

OTTAWA — It is too early to draw conclusions about drug decriminalization, the federal addictions and mental health minister suggested Monday, after British Columbia asked Ottawa to scale back its pilot project to help curb concerns over public drug

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference has yet to present its initial report, but the Liberal government is already advancing plans to overhaul a suite of national security laws and procedures.

OTTAWA — Legislation to create a new oversight body tracking Canada's reconciliation efforts has passed a final vote in Parliament. The House of Commons unanimously agreed to adopt a final version of the bill as amended by the Senate.

QUEBEC — The co-spokesperson of Quebec's second-largest opposition party has resigned only months into the job.

OTTAWA — India has summoned Canada's envoy in New Delhi following a large Sikh rally in Toronto attended by all three major federal party leaders.

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists said on Monday they have no intention of dismantling their camp at Montreal's McGill University, as the school said it wasn't ruling out calling in police to deal with what it called an illegal encampment.

WOODSTOCK, N.B. — Police officers across New Brunswick are no longer investigating thefts of fuel from service stations unless there is a threat to public safety.