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OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is declaring a countrywide strike, hours after Ottawa announced door-to-door mail delivery will end for nearly all Canadian households within the next dec...

MONTREAL - Two new lines for Montreal's fully automated light-rail network, known as the REM, won't open as planned this fall. Instead, only the Deux-Montagnes branch connecting downtown's central sta...

OTTAWA - MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem - inflation - which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-hig...

Businesses across British Columbia linked or thought to be associated with a planned cull of about 400 ostriches have been "flooded" with calls and emails with "language intended to intimidate," the R...

SASKATOON - One of Canada's premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend th...

OTTAWA - The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were em...

VANCOUVER - Sandy Parker has come across some interesting donations in her 11 years as manager of Thrifty Boutique in Chilliwack, B.C. That list has included a diamond ring that was hidden away in a s...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but it's still a mystery when - or if - viewers in cities such as Washington, Seattle and St. Louis will be able to see him again on th...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is introducing a bill it says would eliminate red tape and encourage business activity, particularly in the natural resources sector. Tim Halman, who serves as bot...

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the number of people confirmed sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios has risen to 105. The outbreak update issued Wednesday reports 2...