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OTTAWA - Ottawa is calling Israel's latest ground offensive in Gaza City "horrific" and says it's making the release of hostages still held by Hamas less likely. Israel escalated its bombardment of th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the Federal Reserve widely expected Wednesday to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be looking for signals ...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday as the central bank worries less about inflation risks and more about a slowing economy. The central bank's ...

CALGARY - The Alberta government is changing its industrial carbon tax program to let companies avoid paying provincial fees for emissions by investing in their own emissions reduction projects instea...

OTTAWA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, back from China amid a major trade dispute on canola, met Tuesday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss ways to mend fences with both China and the United...

WASHINGTON - The United States is officially starting the process of reviewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement as President Donald Trump continues to shake up continental trade with his tariff agenda...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the government will table the federal budget on Nov. 4. The long-awaited spending plan will be the federal Liberals' first under Prime Ministe...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is "counting" on the Nisga'a First Nation to help "increase the level of support" among other nations that opposed a massive liquefied natural ga...

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs are warning Ottawa that any cuts to federal funding for their communities will only make it harder for them to move Ottawa's major projects agenda forward. Assembly of Fi...

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland abruptly left Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet on Tuesday to take on a new role as Canada's special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland's decision to step ...