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British Columbia-based forestry giant Interfor reaped an estimated $1.8 million in net profit from logging in old-growth areas that were meant to be preserved, a decision by the province's Forest Appe...

SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says U.S. President Donald Trump "may not be entirely accurate with perceived facts" but is someone Canada must work with. Moe said Wednesday the U.S....

VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced a major revamp of its safer-supply anti-addiction program, converting it to a "witnessed-only" model in which users are watched ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's new budget fails to adequately address the crisis of gender-based violence, advocates and opposition parties say. The Progressive Conservatives introduced a $17.6-billion budge...

MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante pleaded for patience and urged caution on Wednesday as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggled to clear the record-shattering snowfall from back-to-b...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are "not necessarily receiving benefits," contradicting claims that tens of millions of d...

LYTTON, B.C. - The federal government is promising more than $25 million to help build a new "community hub" in the Village of Lytton years after much of the B.C. town was wiped out by fire. A stateme...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is slamming Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney's plan to split the federal budget, calling it a "sneaky accounting trick" to avoid balancing the boo...

OTTAWA - Canada's top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Mtis hunters. Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice C...

MONTREAL - Bold plans and promises for high-speed rail lines in Canada stretch as far back as Pierre Trudeau's government. So far, none have come to pass. Some two dozen studies, market assessments, s...