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VANCOUVER - When Elizabeth Osinde arrived in Canada about two years ago as a refugee from Kenya, pregnant with her son, she remembers being able to buy a bunch of kale for $2 or $3. That same bunch is...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge will be resolved following a call with the U.S. president Tuesday. "I ex...

Buying a starter home, living on one income and staying in the same job for 40 years - life was very different for older generations and many young people have realized what worked for their parents d...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to increase the number of electric vehicle chargers across the country through its new automotive strategy - but is still well short of the number it was tol...

ST. JOHN'S - Executives from a South Korean shipbuilding company signed a pact in St. John's, N.L., recently to pursue a liquefied natural gas operation, but the mayor of the town at the heart of the ...

Canadians in Cuba are waiting for flights home as an energy crisis worsens in the nation amid a U.S. oil blockade. Major Canadian airlines, including Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat, have already ...

WINNIPEG - A public inquiry into cost overruns at a Winnipeg construction project has heard of an unusual change that helped the winning bidder. The inquiry is examining the city's development of a he...

MONTREAL - Tacked on the plywood fence keeping intruders away from the long-closed St-Eusbe-de-Verceil church in Montreal, next to "Free Gaza" and anti-police graffiti, is a poem. "This church is no m...

OTTAWA - It took Peter Deitz eight years to figure out the best way to sell his business. But it wasn't until the federal government opened up a new option for succession planning that he found the ri...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is hitting pause on a recent policy change cutting off health coverage for some temporary foreign workers, including youth coming to Canada on working vacations. The ...