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OTTAWA - A federal union is warning of threats to public safety as employees at Transport Canada face job cuts. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees said in a news release the cuts are being...

QUBEC - The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis ...

CALGARY - The federal government has announced a $6 million grant aimed at improving Canada's economic productivity through a cross-country research partnership. The funding from the Social Sciences a...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the co...

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada said it is "deeply concerned" by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed. The department respon...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's energy regulator is planning a two-part inquiry into last year's cyberattack at the province's private power utility. One set of hearings will examine the technical aspects of ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is rejecting a call from the Opposition Conservatives to grant a tax reprieve on severance packages for laid-off General Motors workers in Ingersoll, Ont. Conse...

Former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland says when it comes to the U.S. and its relationships with other countries on the world stage, it needs to "get their act together." Since his 2025 inauguratio...

VICTORIA - In 2017, Cory Pahl was a candidate for the Cascadia Party of British Columbia, whose official goals included the creation of a provincial assembly that would assert the sovereign rights of ...

WASHINGTON - Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat - soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. - may already have a title picked out: "Diplo...