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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... 'You have to adapt': Punk rock concerts, wrestling events keep Calgary legion afloat After years of decline, t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies,...

OTTAWA - When Nancy Payne's son was killed in Afghanistan in 2006, his superior told the Lansdowne, Ont., mother that her son should never have been there in the first place. "They knew that they had ...

VICTORIA - An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heartbreaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid, based in Summerland B.C...

President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states "undo" full SNAP benefits paid out under judges' orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the lat...

Sol Zanetti won his bid this weekend to succeed Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois as co-spokesperson for Qubec solidaire, and acknowledged the "steep slope" ahead for the leftist party. A fervent separatist, the ...

MONTREAL - This year, one Montreal-area city councillor will be chosen by an effective flip of the coin. In the on-island suburb of Montral-Est, a pair of candidates in the recent municipal election b...

HALIFAX - The heads of Nova Scotia's supreme and provincial courts are expressing their support for judges who ban court staff from pinning poppies to their robes during proceedings after some Canadia...

MONTREAL - More than 10,000 demonstrators descended on Montreal's Bell Centre on Sunday to demand the suspension of a new law that changes how doctors in the province are paid. Organized by a quartet ...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Champagne in Calgary Federal Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne will be at the Calgary Chamber of Commerc...