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TORONTO - Canada's highest court agreed on Thursday to hear Toronto's challenge to a unilateral decision by Ontario Premier Doug Ford that slashed the size of city council midway through the last muni...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promoting a veteran of the international-trade trenches to be Canada's first permanent female envoy to the United States - just as a raging global pa...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:45 p.m. The Conservative party is suspending its leadership race in the face of the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19....

TORONTO - The unrelenting climb in COVID-19 cases in Canada continued Thursday amid tightening restrictions aimed at curbing the pandemic as experts warned against prescribing or using unpro...

A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Wednesday in relation to COVID-19:   "Do not spread the virus, just spread love." - Raymond Liu, who is part of a group that set up the tabl...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government has concluded that retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished more than a decade ago, died while in the custody of Iran, his family and administration officials s...

Canada is making unprecedented use of the federal Quarantine Act in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, which went into effect early Wednesday, hours before it was announced,...

OTTAWA - Patty Hajdu said she is worried about the toll that pandemic-related anxiety and isolation will take on the mental health of Canadians and is encouraging people to help themselves and ot...

OTTAWA - Parliament has passed sweeping legislation designed to blunt the economic impact COVID-19. Here's a look at what's in the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act: - A new Canada Emergency R...

OTTAWA - The Conservative party is gearing up for the next phase of its leadership race, a contest taking place in unprecedented times. Wednesday was the deadline for candidates to get on the bal...