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WINNIPEG - The company that owns a rail line and port in northern Manitoba has increased its capacity to transport goods, as governments eye potential growth in trade through Hudson Bay to overseas ma...

HALIFAX - Via Rail wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal, but the CEO of the Crown corporation can't say whether doing so will increase the frequency of tr...

EDMONTON - The husband of a former Alberta premier is questioning why Premier Danielle Smith invited her husband to sit in on government meetings. Lou Arab, husband to former premier Rachel Notley, in...

GATINEAU - Canada's telecommunications regulator is launching a consultation aimed at improving the national public alerting system that is used to warn Canadians about emergency situations such as se...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being urged to show leniency toward a Montreal college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs. An association re...

TORONTO - Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking a court to declare a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects unconstitutional and are seeking an injunction t...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2 per cent ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to meet with cabinet amid 35% tariffs Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today for t...

BAGHDAD (AP) - An oil field in Iraq 's Dohuk province was set ablaze Tuesday after being struck by a drone. It is the latest in a series of similar attacks launched recently against oil facilities in ...