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OTTAWA - The federal government plans to quadruple to $1 million the maximum fine for airlines that repeatedly violate passengers' rights. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said fining airlines is a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday said he's still weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines. The president didn't offer details about the proposal but told reporters as h...

MONTRAL - Ever since 15-year-old Zachary Miron died after drinking a can of Red Bull while on a school ski trip in January 2024, his parents have been fighting a battle to ban energy drinks for childr...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservatives have abandoned a much-criticized effort to soften conflict of interest rules that would have allowed a lobster fisher to serve in cabin...

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at new legislation depending on what comes out of investigations into claims a separatist group breached the personal information of nea...

FORT MCMURRAY - Rob Rice says many residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., still can't stand the smell of campfire. It reminds them of the treacherous drive a decade ago through a tunnel of flames as, in t...

FORT MCMURRAY - A massive wildfire quickly spread into the oilsands city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on May 3, 2016. It forced more than 90,000 people out of the region, damaged or levelled 2,500 homes a...

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he's "encouraged" by the federal government's efforts to diversify the economy and protect it against increasingly common shocks to global trade. He ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy fro...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister says he expects billions in additional federal support for the timber sector if future trade talks with the United States don't benefit the softwood lumb...