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WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that there's been a significant drop in drug seizures at the border with Canada. Acting Deputy Chief...

EDMONTON - Albertans can start applying today for $100 from the provincial government to help deal with the high cost of living. Premier Danielle Smith announced earlier this month that residents can ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is cutting its provincial sales tax on store-bought food starting today. Most groceries are already tax-exempt, but the July 1 change means there will no longer be seven per cent P...

WASHINGTON - The United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the U.S. is not renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement "in its current form" - but the trade agreement will remain in place a...

VANCOUVER - The head of B.C.'s Restaurant and Foodservices Association says Canada's historic run in the World Cup has led to a boom for many Vancouver businesses, as the team's journey into the round...

A British Columbia journalist who was targeted for months by followers of Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui says he's feeling "tremendous relief" after Guo was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. jail for fraud. ...

CALGARY - It's the Alberta government's self-imposed deadline to submit its proposal for a new West Coast oil pipeline to the federal major projects office. But since it's Canada Day, the province is ...

OTTAWA - China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday. The Chinese commerce ministry says the levy is the result of an anti-dumping investigation it launched i...

VARENNES, QUBEC - The Quebec government says it wants 77 per cent of the energy consumed in the province by 2050 to come from renewables, up from the current 48 per cent. Energy Minister Bernard Drain...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesday, helping to turn the e...