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THREE HILLS - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is winning applause but also facing pointed questions from party members ahead of three byelections. Smith, in her role as United Conservative leader, appe...

OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general and environment commissioner both released reports Tuesday covering everything from the soaring cost of fighter jets to the federal government's plans for climate cha...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expected to use more "revenue levers," similar to its recent income and property tax changes, as part of its plan to reduce the deficit, a credit-rating agency re...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney was joined by members of Parliament from all parties this afternoon as he raised the Pride flag in Ottawa. In his remarks on Parliament Hill, Carney said Pride is b...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia physicians and other sexual health experts who are calling on the provincial government to fund birth control and increase access to an HIV-prevention medication say the move wou...

REGINA - About 7,000 people in and around La Ronge, Sask., will be allowed to return home on Thursday after the lifting of a wildfire evacuation order, the director of the local emergency operation ce...

OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of artificial intelligence said Tuesday he'll put less emphasis on AI regulation and more on finding ways to harness the technology's economic benefits. In his first spe...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising to maintain a university tuition hike for out-of-province students despite a court ruling that found the existing policy is not justified. "We are stickin...

OTTAWA - The federal government has moved slowly to reduce its office space, a new report by Canada's auditor general said Tuesday. The report said that while Public Services and Procurement Canada ha...

OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner says the rule of law and judicial independence are "under attack" in many countries around the world - but Canadians have reasons to be optimistic. Wagner was ask...