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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an a...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser apologized Wednesday for comments he made about the government's duty to consult with Indigenous leaders on major projects. Fraser said Tuesday that the UN Declar...

TORONTO - Marie-Louise Fitrion says she was asleep in a hospital bed when she woke up to an obstetrician's hand in her vagina. It was Oct. 25, 2018, the morning of giving birth to her second child, an...

TORONTO - Canada's steel industry needs the federal government to take swift action as it faces an existential threat from steeply increased U.S. tariff, said Catherine Cobden, head of the Canadian St...

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday called on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration, with the two...

OTTAWA - Canada's steel industry is calling on the federal government to quickly match U.S. President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum - part of a growing chorus demanding swif...

OTTAWA - The federal minister of Indigenous services says she and the other Indigenous members of cabinet support their party's plan to fast-track infrastructure development - despite significant push...

QUBEC - Representatives of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador urged a provincial legislature committee on Tuesday to abandon a forestry reform bill that would reserve large swaths of the pr...

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry might be in for a boost as Canadians boycott the United States and spend their travel dollars closer to home this year. In a report released May 29, the Conference B...

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there's no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works - but she won't weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary tr...