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OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he assumes security authorities signed off on an arrangement to allow a company owned by a Chinese police force to run Canada's visa application centre ...

WASHINGTON - The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliatio...

POUCE COUPE, B.C. - The mayor of a village in northeastern British Columbia says she is sorry for an online post that was not meant to be racist against Indigenous Peoples, but now she wants people to...

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - No new taxes or tax increases. - Deficit of $18.2 billion on estimated revenues of $4...

An agreement to delay logging in an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species. Governments now have to come up with a permane...

OTTAWA - A British Columbia businessman who made an illegal contribution to New Democrat MP Peter Julian's 2015 election campaign has been ordered to pay $7,500 to the receiver general of Canada. Elec...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine...

OTTAWA - Key findings in the reports delivered by federal auditor general Karen Hogan on Thursday: Mismanagement of shipbuilding plan threatens navy, coast guard fleets Hogan delivered a stark warning...

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led House is poised to pass a bill that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labour and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden, though the leg...

WASHINGTON - The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to Democrats' drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a $1.9 trilli...