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Wedad Bishara says she's seen more clients interested in exploring Canada this year than in her three previous decades as a travel agent. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Bishara said U.S.-bound travellers a...

MONTREAL - First Nations in Quebec have walked away from talks with the provincial government on a forestry bill they say would pave the way to privatizing public land. The Assembly of First Nations Q...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for feedback on changes to Canada's deposit insurance framework that could see the coverage limit raised to $150,000. Right now, the Canada Deposit Insurance...

JASPER, ALTA. - One year to the day a wind-whipped fire forced thousands to flee in the dark of night along one smoke-choked road, the mayor of Jasper acknowledged it was a moment of remembrance that ...

RICHMOND - The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at Vancouver International Airport last week faces a second charge related to the rogue flight. B.C. online court record...

OTTAWA - As Canada's premiers gather in Ontario's cottage country to talk tariffs and trade, health-care advocacy groups are trying to streamline their own messages to ensure the country's fragile hea...

OTTAWA - A U.S. senator is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to move quickly on repealing the digital services tax. "You all, to your credit, said you're not going to collect it. I asked that Cana...

OTTAWA - Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer on Monday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post ...

HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - Canada's premiers pledged economic reconciliation with Indigenous people through major infrastructure and resource projects at their semi-annual meeting that began Monday, though se...

THOMPSON - Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairie...