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OTTAWA - Canada is calling on Venezuelan authorities to release detailed polling results of its presidential election, after autocratic President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival both emerged f...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government has more than doubled the financial assistance it offers low-income residents who need to pay for a burial or a cremation, as health officia...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario will buy five new police helicopters at a cost of about $100 million more than what the province earmarked for leasing the choppers in this year's budget. Premier Doug Ford...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says measures to monitor and assess foreign interference threats will be part of all future federal byelections, not just general elections. Public Safety Minister Domi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania earlier this month, a special agent...

EDMONTON - As residents of Jasper learn more details about wildfire damage to their evacuated town, the Alberta and federal governments say they'll match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for wildfi...

HALIFAX - A new provincial program meant to deliver on a campaign promise and encourage residents to buy local that's been called "gimmicky" and "laughably stupid" by opposition leaders has left some ...

OTTAWA - A pair of federal byelections will be held in September to fill vacant seats in Quebec and Manitoba, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday. Voters will go to the polls in the Elmwood...

PARIS - Canada sports minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is withholding some of Canada Soccer's funding following a spying scandal involving the Olympic women's soccer team. FIFA docked six...

In March 2023, executives from Canada's three largest grocery companies paid a visit to Parliament Hill. Michael Medline, Galen Weston and Eric La Flche had been summoned before a House of Commons com...