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Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city is facing a "financial crisis" that raises the spectre of tax hikes and service cuts, alleging the city has been treated unfairly on issues of taxes and trans...

OTTAWA - A proposed law to prohibit keeping elephants and great apes in captivity in Canada could cost up to $8 million to administer over the first five years, the parliamentary budget officer said i...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees. The announceme...

MONTREAL - Two Montreal-area Liberal MPs are raising concerns about a controversial Quebec directive that outlines when health-care providers can offer services in a language other than French. The di...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A high-profile former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Euro...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it decided to pull its diplomats' children and their guardians out of Israel, amid fears over an expanded Mideast war. Global Affairs Canada says it has approved ...

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - National Defence Minister Bill Blair says British Columbia's CFB Esquimalt will be the site of a new 480-room military housing project. The minister was at the Victoria-area naval ba...

SEATTLE (AP) - One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday's primary to the general ele...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is providing $20 million over two years to support travel and lodging for cancer patients in the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says the f...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says federal departments are reviewing how two men with suspected links to a terrorist group abroad were allowed into Canada. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi...