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EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government says it will fight hard to defend a court challenge to its school pronoun law. "Alberta's government will vigorously defend o...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-based human rights group has asked Mayor Valrie Plante to bar the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team from competing in Sunday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral amid the war in Gaza,...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the temporary foreign worker program scrapped as the country grapples with high unemployment, especially among young people. Conservat...

VICTORIA - Former B.C. cabinet minister Katrina Chen says she is "furious" about calls by Premier David Eby to cancel or reform the temporary foreign worker program. Chen said on social media platform...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his environment minister aren't saying whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as the government faces...

ST. JOHN'S - A proposed offshore oilfield and a hydroelectricity deal with Quebec are two major projects in Newfoundland and Labrador that can increase the competitiveness of Canada's economy, Prime M...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs following a 60-day red tape review exercise. Departments and agencies have published reports i...

TORONTO - Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their counterparts in hospitals, as bargaining on a new deal gets underway. The Ontario Nurses' Association says it is askin...

OTTAWA - Quebec's aluminum sector should be in line to receive "hundreds of millions of dollars" from a $5-billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs, Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said Mond...

TORONTO - Ontario Liberals say in a report looking back at their performance in this year's provincial election that their campaign's focus on health care and a family doctor shortage did not resonate...