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Saskatchewan's amended firearms act is in effect. It allows owners of prohibited weapons to apply for a certificate of exemption to keep their once-legal weapons, if eligible.

A not-for-profit advocacy organization, firearm owners, businesses, hunters, and recreational and sport shooters have appealed lower court rulings that upheld the ban.

People opposed to the government's firearms ban are planning a rally Saturday in Quebec City to accuse Ottawa of unfairly singling out law-abiding gun owners.

While details on the firearm used in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. are not yet known, other mass shootings in Canada have spurred changes to gun laws in recent decades.

Chief Don MacLean said the force is joining the program in part due to the province's high rate of intimate partner violence and to 'reduce the presence of firearms.'

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he doesn't foresee logistical challenges to the program despite the refusal of several provinces and police forces to help.

The Peterborough Police Service is the latest to announce it will not be participating in the federal government's Assault-Style Federal Compensation Program launched Jan. 19.

Iranian-Canadians have been slowly getting word about friends and family injured and killed.

Some provinces are opting out of Ottawa’s gun compensation program as critics call it costly and ineffective, while owners face a March 31, 2026 deadline.

The program offers gun owners money to hand in or disable weapons on the list, with compensation listed at anywhere from $150 to more than $9,900, depending on make and model.

The federal government says it will begin a buyback of assault-style firearms from individual owners with a pilot project in Nova Scotia.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in the House of Commons that it was a 'good thing' his comments were caught on leaked audio obtained by Global News.

Here's a look at what we know — and don't know — about Ottawa's efforts to keep Canadian weapons out of Gaza while allowing Israel to import military goods for other purposes.

The ceasefire took hold on Tuesday, the 12th day of the war between Israel and Iran, with each side initially accusing the other of violating it until attacks finally stopped.

The government says all current and future variants of the newly listed firearms are prohibited, whether or not they are named in regulations.

The restoration of the $60 licence fee for non-restricted weapons is expected to bring in $18 million in additional revenue each year.

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The clemency was announced after Myanmar's military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government more than two years ago.

The commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan in the fall of 2007 says transfers of detainees to Afghan custody were halted for three months because he could not satisfy a legal test that they "are not tortured and are treated like human beings."

The governor of Kandahar's restive Panjwaii district is forking out his own money to cover lodging and expenses of former Taliban fighters who are awaiting help from the Afghan government.