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TORONTO — The door could open up for greater media competition in New Brunswick as Toronto-based Postmedia gears up to purchase all of the daily and weekly newspapers owned by the Irving family for more than $16 million in cash and shares.

The Ontario government is calling on people 16 years of age and older to join a program that will help the province be better prepared for emergencies including public health crises and natural disasters. 

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in Ottawa and various locations across Canada, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. All times eastern:

BEIJING — Cassie Sharpe described her devastating injury and the recovery that followed as going to hell and back.

MONTREAL — A new international study involving Canadian researchers has found that people who had COVID-19 during the pandemic's first wave were more susceptible to nightmares — and the worse their infection, the more bad dreams they experienced.

BEIJING — After just missing the Olympic podium in his signature event, Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil earned a silver medal in a race that wasn't his specialty.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 18 ...

OTTAWA — Several Abbott brand powdered infant formula products are being recalled due to possible contamination by Cronobacter sakazakii and salmonella bacterium. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the products were sold across the country, all with the same expiration date of Apr. 1, 2022. Anyone who has them should…

OTTAWA — Police officers descended on anti-government protesters in Ottawa on Friday, arresting at least 100 people and towing more than 20 vehicles in a push to end a three-week occupation that has reverberated across Canada and around the world.

Denise O'Connor is back in Lytton, B.C., living in the home where she spent her childhood years.

Far out in deep space, four times the distance between Earth and its moon, a piece of Canadian technology that could help reshape our understanding of the universe has passed its first crucial tests.