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TORONTO - Ontario voters are set to head to the polls in a rare winter election. Premier Doug Ford has already been framing the snap election, coming right before an anticipated federal vote, as neces...

Officials say the three levels of government will spend $975 million to speed up the revitalization of Toronto's waterfront and create more than 14,000 new homes in the area. The Ontario government sa...

Questions continue to float around about whether U.S. President Donald Trump will implement tariffs on Canada. Meanwhile in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is in the middle of trying to put to...

MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity...

WASHINGTON - A prominent Republican senator says Canada's recent investment in border security - announced in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat - is tardy but welcome. James Risc...

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland says she knows how to avoid punishing U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods: Scare the Americans out of the idea. Freeland says in a statement Canada n...

TORONTO - Economic forecasts suggest the Bank of Canada will likely lower its key policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday in light of recent inflation and jobs data, bringing it do...

OTTAWA - The working group tasked with measuring productivity within Canada's federal public service has not looked at remote work, one of its members says. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labou...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada could hit its NATO defence spending target within just a few years if need be but didn't commit to doing so. NATO members have all committed to spend t...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada's attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied...