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Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are on Thursday, Feb. 20: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Milton: Ford is making an announcement and speaking to reporters at 11 ...

The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium miner that it bought off a Chinese firm. The government had already deemed th...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally. ...

SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says U.S. President Donald Trump "may not be entirely accurate with perceived facts" but is someone Canada must work with. Moe said Wednesday the U.S....

VICTORIA - A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province's independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title. George Abbott, wh...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a new $10 million fund to help tree fruit farmers facing proposed U.S. tariffs on the heels of years of devastatingly low crop yields. A statement from the Mi...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's new budget fails to adequately address the crisis of gender-based violence, advocates and opposition parties say. The Progressive Conservatives introduced a $17.6-billion budge...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are "not necessarily receiving benefits," contradicting claims that tens of millions of d...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is slamming Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney's plan to split the federal budget, calling it a "sneaky accounting trick" to avoid balancing the boo...

MONTREAL - Bold plans and promises for high-speed rail lines in Canada stretch as far back as Pierre Trudeau's government. So far, none have come to pass. Some two dozen studies, market assessments, s...