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OTTAWA - Hours before introducing a bill to spend up to $82 billion and increase federal powers to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberals backed off a measure that the Opposition decried as an atte...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says an election for party leader should be held as soon as logistically possible. MacKay, a former cabinet minister and early front-runner in t...

OTTAWA - Farm Credit Canada is getting support from the federal government that will boost its lending capacity by $5 billion to help farmers and food processors cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The f...

Canada's veterinarians said Monday they're willing to join in the nationwide efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic even as they fight to ensure they're allowed to keep providing care to the country...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from states that share borders with Canada are urging President Donald Trump to preserve the flow of essential goods and services between the two countries, even if the&nbs...

OTTAWA - Federal officials are looking at ways to get money to community housing providers and the nation's renters, who may be hit hardest by the economic shock caused by COVID-19, and warning anyone...

OTTAWA - Canada's door to the world edged open on Monday as the government announced new flights to repatriate stranded travellers abroad, but it was clear that door will soon slam shut, leaving ...

LONDON - Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond was acquitted Monday of a series of sexual offences, including one of attempted rape. An Edinburgh jury deliberated for more than five hours before returni...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is shooting down suggestions of a link between the movement of a large number of army trucks and armoured vehicles and the COVID-19 crisis, after video of the vehicl...

OTTAWA - A local recreation centre in Ottawa has become an isolation and treatment centre for homeless people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. The centre opened Monday nea...