National News

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.

MONTREAL — The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a caption reading simply "lighthouse, Gaspé 1910.

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $16 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 24 will be an estimated $21 million. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people.

OTTAWA — A judge has declared that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to the federal government's help to return home.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd.

SAANICH, B.C. — Twin brothers who died in a hail of gunfire outside a Victoria-area bank had been planning their attack for years, with a goal to kill as many officers as possible, police said Friday.