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OTTAWA - Longtime CBC News parliamentary bureau chief and Carleton University journalism professor Elly Alboim, who died last week at age 78, is being remembered for his lasting mark on politics and f...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it has reached a $4.8-million settlement with a tire recycling company. The province says it agreed to pay the amount to Saskatoon-based Shercom Industries and ...

TERREBONNE - Residents of the Montreal-area federal riding of Terrebonne said Tuesday that every vote in an election should count, following a recent Supreme Court decision that forced their MP to vac...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy Tuesday in Montreal. It seeks to boost Canadian defence exports by 50 per cent within a decade. The $6.6-bi...

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief electoral officer says a petition campaign by a Calgary teacher to cut government funding to private schools has failed. A statement from Gordon McClure's office says a prel...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's decision to cut back on the amount of financial assistance for post-secondary students after he said thousands reached out to him over the...

HALIFAX - A bid by a U.S.-based group to bring two captive killer whales from France to a proposed seaside refuge in Nova Scotia is facing fresh criticism from a well-known but polarizing anti-whaling...

OTTAWA - Federal public service unions and workers are warning there isn't enough office space to accommodate the federal government's new requirements for more in-office work. The Public Service Alli...

WINNIPEG - A former chief administrative officer with the City of Winnipeg testified Tuesday it wasn't right of him to meet with a contractor bidding on a major project. Phil Sheegl also said it was s...

OTTAWA - A new report from the national spy watchdog says the federal government kept some people on Canada's no-fly list without proper justification - a possible violation of the law that underpins ...