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VICTORIA - A local official said testing has revealed "no contamination" of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a trai...

OTTAWA - Many Canadian travellers to Europe are being asked to reveal more about themselves as officials begin to usher in new security measures. European countries are rolling out a border management...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government is considering raising the speed limit on its divided highways to 120 kilometres per hour. Drivers on several divided highways are currently limited at going 110 km/h. ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet. During an arm...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needled Prime Minister Mark Carney over the size of the federal deficit Friday in a speech offering his critique of the Liberal budget tabled on Nov. 4. P...

Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented order to reduce service nationwide because of the...

MONTREAL - The CEO of Montreal's public transit agency says there is progress in negotiations with one of two unions whose walkouts have disrupted service across the network. Marie-Claude Lonard says ...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.6) Participation ra...