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OTTAWA - Five years after the first of them arrived in Canada, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have had to adapt to COVID-19 lockdowns that brought back the memories of war horrors and upset the ...

OTTAWA - In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chine...

OTTAWA - Premiers expressed disappointment Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to accede to their demand for an immediate infusion of at least $28 billion more each year in annual fed...

VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...

AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling "the big one" in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewi...

WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Protesters barricaded streets in a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood and set booby traps for police after officers arrested about a dozen people in a clash over gentrification and the e...

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included id...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs - but ...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people ...