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OTTAWA - China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday. The Chinese commerce ministry says the levy is the result of an anti-dumping investigation it launched i...

VARENNES, QUBEC - The Quebec government says it wants 77 per cent of the energy consumed in the province by 2050 to come from renewables, up from the current 48 per cent. Energy Minister Bernard Drain...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesday, helping to turn the e...

MONTREAL - The federal government has announced a $688-million contract for a new replenishment satellite that Industry Minister Mlanie Joly describes as a key technology to protecting Canada's securi...

CALGARY - The Alberta government is poised to make an announcement about its plans for a new West Coast oil pipeline on Thursday, but experts say industry skepticism is well warranted. Sam Blackett, p...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey next week before he jets off to Saudi Arabia - his first official visits to those countries. NATO members are expected...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law th...

A defence technology company that has helped protect Canada's north revealed Tuesday that it recently added another asset to its arsenal: $139 million. Dominion Dynamics claims the cash it raised form...

OTTAWA - The economy sprung back to life in April with solid enough growth to dismiss the spectres of a recession, according to economists weighing in on the latest data Tuesday. Statistics Canada sai...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have named a new critic to take on the Liberals' handling of the economy - but not a new strategy, as party stalwart Michael Chong maintained Tuesday the country is in a rec...