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The clock has been reset for a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for 42 years after state legislators defeated an attempt to resume executions. Ronald Smith, 67, is originally from Red Dee...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer acknowledges that proposed changes to bolster the integrity of the next national vote are unlikely to become law before Canadians head to the polls. But Stpha...

The leaders of Ontario's main political parties pledged Monday to help the remaining animals at Marineland should they win the election. The Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction euthanized a seven-...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government announced Monday an increase in school operating funding while saying a long-anticipated overhaul of the way schools are funded is still a work in progress. The 3.4 ...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Arif Virani and Trade Minister Mary Ng are the latest federal cabinet ministers to decide against running again in the next election. Virani posted on social media Monday tha...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. "For far too long the United S...

MONTREAL - McGill University is planning cost cuts and layoffs to address a projected $45-million deficit next fiscal year, which it blames partly on new Quebec government policies. Administrators at ...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including for Canada and Mexico. Here's the latest news: --- 10:50 p.m. British Columbia Premi...

Canada and the United States share the world's longest border at nearly 9,000 kilometres. The countries have interlinked economies and plenty in common culturally. The Peace Arch, straddling British C...

OTTAWA - A Conservative government would build a permanent military base in Nunavut and pay for it by "dramatically cutting" Canada's foreign aid budget, party leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday in I...