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OTTAWA - The Canadian TV show about two professional hockey players who fall in love reflects Canadian values in a world where LGBTQ rights are under threat, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. "The worl...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her government has a plan to transform the provincial economy, but warns doing so will require difficult decisions, including cuts to government spe...

WINNIPEG - A post-secondary institute in Manitoba is winding down operations, with the provincial government blaming a federal cap on international student visas as the reason for the closure. The Man...

OTTAWA - Canadian companies are coming under fire over their ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a mass deportation campaign to expel vast numbers o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to U.S. sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and h...

OTTAWA - The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the federal government must bring them to the table when it makes its plans for defence spending in the Arctic. Inuit Tapiriit ...

OTTAWA - Federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said on Wednesday. Simpson made the remarks while taking question...

The property arm of Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group says it did not know that a Virginia warehouse it owns was intended as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility at the time it...

OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...

MONTREAL - Montreal-area transit service Exo is cutting dozens of jobs and is warning of future service reductions, as Quebec's public transportation sector continues to struggle under a persistent fu...