National News

OTTAWA — The Senate could vote today on Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill — legislation that would give the federal government the power to fast-track projects it hopes will bolster the economy.

OTTAWA — The MP overseeing foreign aid says Canada must take a more efficient, more visible approach to development and humanitarian assistance to make the case for maintaining aid spending as the United States pulls back.

MONTRÉAL — Quebec's premier offered his condolences on Thursday to the victims of an air ambulance crash on Quebec's North Shore that killed three crew members and a patient.

TORONTO — Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is now set to stand trial in his Toronto sexual assault case early next year before a judge alone.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it brought just seven Canadians out of Israel and the West Bank to Jordan on buses offered Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on senators to slow down Ottawa's sprint to pass Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill this week.

MONTRÉAL — Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon testified Wednesday that he had consensual relations with three of the nine women suing him for sexual assault and misconduct.

OTTAWA — Sen. Patrick Brazeau is said to be recovering after collapsing on the Senate floor on Wednesday in the midst of debate on the federal government's major projects bill. Brazeau, 50, rose to speak shortly after 4 p.m.

OTTAWA — Three people have been found ineligible to remain in Canada in recent years for being senior officials of the Iranian regime, the federal border agency says.