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OTTAWA - Experts say Ottawa shouldn't expect Beijing to do it any favours and free the "two Michaels" in return for medical co-operation fighting the new coronavirus. China's ambassador to Canada...

WASHINGTON - Melania Trump on Monday cited the influence of "Achy Breaky Heart" singer Billy Ray Cyrus as she asked spouses of the nation's governors to address cyberassault in their states. "I know t...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is pulling the plug on a 12-year-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 from its base near the national capital. The decision ends more than a decade ...

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

DOVER, N.H. - Pete Buttigieg has been on defence all weekend as his Democratic presidential rivals attacked him on everything from his struggle to connect with black voters to accepting campaign contr...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans are reveling in writer-director Bong Joon Ho's dark comic thriller, "Parasite," which won this year's Academy Awards for best film and best international feat...

KUWAIT CITY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Kuwait to visit Canadian troops about a month after they were relocated there from Iraq. Canada has two ongoing operations in Iraq ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years - all whi...

The stage has been set for a possible confrontation between police and anti-pipeline protesters blocking access to four ports in the Vancouver area. On Sunday the protesters were served with a court i...

OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...