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Two carved cedar totems now flank either side of the Canadian end of the Chilkoot Trail, a permanent reminder that the route best known as the path to the Yukon gold fields during the 1890s gold rush ...

CALGARY - Four months to the day from an upcoming referendum on whether Alberta should stay in Canada, about 35 people rallied Friday at a Calgary hotel ballroom to formally launch a campaign to convi...

WINE HARBOUR - A proposal to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales took a symbolic step forward on Friday as its proponents staged a groundbreaking ceremony in a rugged corner ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is levying a temporary 10 per cent tariff on some imported canned vegetables to help domestic vegetable growers. The Department of Finance says the move addresses criti...

Canada's federal banking regulator says it's lowering its domestic stability buffer to three per cent from 3.5 per cent, a move it says will give the country's six largest banks greater flexibility to...

MONTREAL - A luxury tax on cars, planes and boats yielded more than $900 million before it was scaled back amid concerns about the negative effect on manufacturers. In the two fiscal years between 202...

VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined investments to spur housing development and update infrastructure, including building a new high...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. ...

OTTAWA - Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to ...

EDMONTON - Albertans who apply for $100 payments from the province could see the money land in their bank accounts within two weeks of applying. Premier Danielle Smith has said her government is dolin...