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YELLOWKNIFE — Three of Canada’s five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North. Former resource extraction projects are also among the most costly sites where the territories are responsible.

When scientists determined in the mid-1970s that the Mistastin crater in Labrador had lunar-like properties, the last Apollo mission had flown and it was too late for astronauts to take advantage of the site for training.

OTTAWA — The ongoing affordability crunch and the threat of a looming recession will be front and centre as the federal Liberal cabinet holds a post-holiday cabinet retreat this week.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 08, 11, 27, 35, 38 & 45.

VANCOUVER — Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months.

MONTREAL — Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is denying allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by a woman in 2020.

VANCOUVER — The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday for what he described as an attack on "Quebec's democracy and people" by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause.

NELSON, B.C. — The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died from his injures. Nelson Police Service Const.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked for an email search this weekend to determine if her staff have been contacting Crown prosecutors and interfering in cases involving the Coutts, Alta., border crossing blockade.