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OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's pledge to boost Arctic security through a "massive" cut to Canada's foreign aid budget has led to renewed attacks from his political opponents, who are ...

OTTAWA - As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a majo...

MONTREAL - A Quebec company once hailed as a success story in the electric-vehicle transition has struggled to deliver on many of its most ambitious plans. Lion Electric Co. made a name for itself sel...

EDMONTON - The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says it's time to fire Health Minister Adriana LaGrange given new allegations surrounding high-level corruption in medical contracts. Naheed Nenshi sa...

NEW YORK (AP) - Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials resigned Thursday after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against...

TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...

OTTAWA - Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them. The changes come almost a year after the fed...

OTTAWA - The Liberal party will not accommodate leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla's request for a translator at the upcoming French debate in Montreal. Party spokesman Parker Lund said only the candidate...

OTTAWA - Some of Canada's aid sector is rallying around a call for Ottawa to prioritize education initiatives abroad as a way of bolstering security at home, as the U.S. pullback from foreign aid rais...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass ...