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OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs are warning Ottawa that any cuts to federal funding for their communities will only make it harder for them to move Ottawa's major projects agenda forward. Assembly of Fi...

HALIFAX - Since the school year began, Diana Caldern has spent most weekday afternoons driving her 14-year-old daughter to the Halifax junior high school she should be attending, timing their visits w...

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland abruptly left Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet on Tuesday to take on a new role as Canada's special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland's decision to step ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - After a late-night vote and last-minute ruling, the Federal Reserve began a key meeting on interest rate policy Tuesday with both a new Trump administration appointee and an official...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday he will introduce new hate crime legislation in the coming days, with reforms on bail and violent crime sentencing to follow. The legislation will go...

Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Ottawa would want to see longer-term commitments to Canada if Vancouver's Teck Resources Ltd. is allowed to merge with U.K.-based miner Anglo American PLC. "There ha...

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump has added The New York Times to the list of media companies he's challenged in court, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit that targets four of its journalist...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2026 elections, hoping to beat the odds to become the longest-serving governor in a state where voters have usu...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has a slew of meetings today, with his cabinet, the premier of Saskatchewan and canola industry leaders. The prime minister will chair the cabinet meeting at 10 a.m...