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Reynolds, Rankin among Canada Day Order of Canada appointees
OTTAWA - Actor Ryan Reynolds and musician Heather Rankin will both be invested as officers of the Order of Canada during Canada Day festivities in Ottawa. Vancouver-born Reynolds is known for playing ...
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Statistics Canada says real GDP down 0.1 per cent in April as manufacturing slowed
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product edged down 0.1 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector slowed. The agency also says its advance estimate for May points to another 0.1...
3h ago Canadian flags are seen flying behind the National Archives building in Ottawa Friday, Feb 14, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Federal bank loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships
VICTORIA - A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying ...
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Ottawa eyeing Ukrainian partnership, EU loans for defence equipment, minister says
OTTAWA - Ottawa is weighing whether to follow in the footsteps of several European nations by forging a new defence co-production deal with Ukraine for military equipment, Defence Minister David McGui...
Jun 26, 2025 Minister of National Defence David McGuinty takes part in a signing ceremony at the Canada-EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium on Monday, June 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Cooper Flagg is new Maine man for Mavericks as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft
NEW YORK (AP) - Cooper Flagg is the new Maine man in Dallas. The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, hoping they have found their next franchise super...
Jun 26, 2025 Cooper Flagg, right, poses for a photo with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected first overall by the Dallas Mavericks In the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
National data shows overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still higher than pre-pandemic
TORONTO - National health data shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the country's ch...
Jun 25, 2025 Celeta Cook, First Nations Health Authority Executive Director of Public Health Response wears a purple ribbon for overdose awareness during a news conference in North Vancouver, on Monday, April 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Canada issues deportation orders, cancels visas for Iranian regime members
OTTAWA - The federal border agency says three people have been found ineligible to remain in Canada in recent years for being senior officials of the Iranian regime. The Canada Border Services Agency ...
Jun 25, 2025 A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer's uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
No evidence federal election was affected by foreign interference, commissioner says
OTTAWA - Canada's elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation. In a prelimina...
Jun 25, 2025 Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline Simard is pictured on Parliament Hill Thursday, March 2, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Carney says Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035
THE HAGUE - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have all agreed to hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. Carney says Canada can no longer re...
Jun 25, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, middle, takes part in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
B.C. economy will get a kick out of hosting FIFA World Cup games, government says
VICTORIA - There is less than a year to go before Vancouver is on the global stage hosting seven FIFA World Cup soccer games, and leaders are promoting the economic benefits of spending hundreds of mi...
Jun 24, 2025 Workers clear the turf at B.C. Place during a FIFA World Cup 2026 update in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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