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TORONTO - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the royal charter that created Canada's oldest company was loaded onto a private plane in Toronto. Protected by a durable case that was not too hot, no...

MONTREAL - The first segment of the federal government's proposed high-speed rail project will connect Montreal and Ottawa, acting as a test case for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project inten...

ABBOTSFORD - Flooding in the Fraser Valley, caused by overflow from the Nooksack River in Washington state, is expected to peak today, as residents wait to see the severity of the inundation. David Ca...

VICTORIA - A coalition of municipalities in British Columbia is calling on the province to repeal housing legislation designed to increase supply through higher density, but the housing minister says ...

Canada's housing agency says the pace of rent growth ticked lower this year as vacancies continued rising, while increased rental supply also contributed to softer market conditions. Canada Mortgage a...

Trans Mountain has paid a regulatory fine for environmental lapses along its British Columbia pipeline route in the aftermath of a January 2024 storm. The $196,000 fine is the largest cumulative penal...

ABBOTSFORD - Standing near a rail line next to the U.S. border, Abbotsford, B.C., resident Robbie Friesen said the ground under his feet was dry about 30 minutes earlier. "Now at our deepest point we'...

HALIFAX - The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has stepped down after a federal investigation led to allegations Marie Chapman had bullied staff and created an environment of fear ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back Thursday against the suggestion the U.S. is considering pulling out of North America's free-trade pact. When The Canadian Press asked the prime minister...

Chinese language posts that appeared on social media the past few weeks claimed Canada was one of 32 countries to revoke China's "most favoured nation" trade status on Dec. 1. The claim originates fro...