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HALIFAX - A judge has handed a Nova Scotia man a conditional discharge after he was convicted of hacking into a provincial government employee's social media account and posting an antisemitic message...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall says she plans to resign her seat in the House of Commons at the end of the summer. Wagantall, who has represented the riding of Yorkton-Melville since 2015, ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp's call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about m...

OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada and the Canadian Council for Refugees have filed a new Federal Court challenge to the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S. that say...

OTTAWA - Cuba is prepared for a fight with the United States and is praising Canada for its humanitarian aid, says a senior diplomat visiting Ottawa from Havana. "We would never want a conflict with t...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the "fracturing" relationship between Canada and the United States needs to be restored to ensure security in both countries, making...

VANCOUVER - Former U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has joined B.C. mineral exploration company NovaRed Mining Inc. in a strategic advisory role. The company says Noem, who is special envo...

QUBEC - Another Coalition Avenir Qubec cabinet minister is leaving politics. Labour Minister Jean Boulet said today in his riding of Trois-Rivires that he won't run for another term in the Oct. 5 prov...

OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada's news and current affairs content should be periodically analyzed by outside experts "in order to assess its fairness and balance," a new Senate committee report says. Senat...

LUNENBURG - The mayor of a tourist hot spot on Nova Scotia's southwestern coast has been banned from using a taxi service in the community for allegedly being involved in a drunken, late-night confron...