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OTTAWA - The federal parties took the first full day of campaigning to lay planks in their plans to revive the country's economy after months of pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, and options for coveri...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou accused Canada's attorney general of turning fraud law "on its head," as the Huawei executive's formal extradition hearing resumed Monday. Defence lawyer Mark San...

EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigned less than 18 months into his tenure Monday, becoming the country's shortest-ruling leader after conceding that he lost ...

HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's month-long election campaign draws to a close, it appears Tuesday's vote could be a lot tighter than initially expected. The incumbent Liberals, who are seeking a rare third...

Canadians working to evacuate allies from Afghanistan described chaos, fear and disappointment on Sunday as Canada shut down its embassy in Kabul and suspended diplomatic relations amid a Taliban adva...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the plug Sunday on his minority Liberal government, arguing that Canadians deserve a say on how to finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back the sh...

VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an ...