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OTTAWA - The NDP says it wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel contracts for U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets - including the 16 Canada has already committed to buying. Citing Carney's call for middle...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada must adapt to new geopolitical realities, arguing that many of the country's difficulties can't be blamed on U.S. President Donald Trump. Harp...

OTTAWA - British Columbia's minister of emergency management is accusing the federal government of being absent from flood mitigation planning meetings following two major flooding events in her provi...

WASHINGTON - Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he had "productive" meetings Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Jivani said on social media that he met with the White House an...

MONTREAL - A group of activists say they have robbed a Montreal grocery store in what they describe as a Robin Hood-inspired political act targeting corporate grocery interests. A group called Robin d...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria 's state-owned petroleum company signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Qatar on Wednesday for the development of the country's first offshore oil and gas ...

BRISBANE - The parents of Canadian teenager Piper James have walked in the surf and taken part in a traditional Aboriginal ceremony on an Australian beach where their daughter was found dead last mont...

WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration made a case for international partners to join a preferential trade zone for critical miner...

OTTAWA - Most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Canada despite some nagging concerns, a new poll suggests. Canada recently pledged to reduce its 100 per cent tari...

OTTAWA - The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians. "The first priority is focusing o...