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WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government offered tax deferrals to businesses and pulled American products from liquor stores Tuesday in response to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Businesses...

TORONTO - Ontario will ban American companies from $30 billion worth of procurement contracts, rip up a $100-million Starlink deal and eradicate U.S. booze in its first wave of retaliations against U....

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports today coming from Canada and Mexico. The president's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-boar...

OTTAWA - Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne is seeking a Federal Court order directing the operator of the Pornhub website to comply with Canadian privacy law. Dufresne's application comes a year ...

WASHINGTON - Canadians are waking up to a new and uncertain reality after U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for economy-wide tariffs passed with no relent overnight, triggering a continental trad...

OTTAWA - The federal union that represents Canada's front-line customs and immigration officers says it's worried about staffing levels at the Canada Border Services Agency as the country responds to ...

VICTORIA - The days leading up to British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey's first budget had been a blur, she said, each "blended into the other" as she and her staff tried to keep up with uns...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is grappling with a controversy that could be the biggest political scandal in the province since the Charbonneau commission, which found deep corruption in the constr...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has hired a former head of Manitoba's provincial court to investigate allegations of high-level arm-twisting in lucrative government contracts. The government said Mo...

Cryptocurrency prices briefly jumped after President Donald Trump's surprise announcement he wants the U.S. government to purchase and hold a variety of digital assets in a strategic reserve fund, an ...