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FREDERICTON -- The RCMP says it is investigating whether two of its officers in New Brunswick breached their code of conduct, in relation to an impaired driving investigation into the son of one of the officers.
HALIFAX -- Four years after a mass shooting in Nova Scotia claimed 22 lives, the RCMP have presented 32 awards to officers and staff for their roles in the manhunt and the public inquiry that followed.
Navigating sidewalks has become an issue for many residents in Toronto, city officials acknowledged Wednesday, as snow removal efforts continue after the weekend's record-breaking winter storm.
TORONTO -- Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018.
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday and forecasts a gradual economic recovery from the U.S. tariff shock. The policy rate remains at 2.25 per cent after the central bank’s first decision of the year. Economists had widely expected the hold.
VANCOUVER -- The union representing ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers in British Columbia says its more than 6,000 members will be taking a strike vote in early February.
QUEBEC -- A Quebec Liberal legislature member says he's ready to turn the page on the turbulent political saga that saw his wife and fellow MNA expelled from the party's caucus.
SURREY -- The council in Surrey, B.C., has passed a motion to urge Ottawa to declare a national state of emergency for extortions, as police say they've arrested two people while patrolling neighbourhoods targeted by extortion violence.
VANCOUVER -- A long-anticipated hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being adjourned for four weeks, after it was derailed by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation of counsel for the proceeding in Vancouver.
ST. JOHN'S -- The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is still covering temporary housing costs for 47 people who lost their homes in a series of wildfires more than five months ago.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's auditor general says the government must be more transparent about the performance of the health system.
TORONTO -- Former cabinet minister, scientist and champion for safe sport Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59.
VICTORIA -- A report by British Columbia's Ombudsperson warns that legal safeguards designed to protect patients receiving involuntary mental health care aren't being applied consistently across the province, with some heath authorities failing to provide the required documents for more than half of their patient files.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing by his comments about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham that drew a swift rebuke from Quebec's political class.
TORONTO -- BDO Canada has acquired GrantMatch, a government grant advisory services firm.
A recall of select Pizza Pops products that was announced before Christmas has been expanded.
SAINT-HYACINTHE -- Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the referendum campaign for Quebec independence is already underway.
SAINT-HYACINTHE -- A future Parti Quebecois government would not rule out oil or gas pipeline projects in Quebec.
TROIS-RIVIERES -- Quebec Economy Minister Christine Frechette officially launched a bid to lead the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec and replace Premier Francois Legault, who plans to step down.
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with 100 per cent tariffs over a trade deal with China, and in a social media post referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney as “governor." Reviving an insult he previously levelled at former prime minister Justin Trudeau amid threats of making Canada the 51st state, the president said in a Saturday morning social...
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with 100 per cent tariffs over its new trade deal with China.
PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. -- The federal government says a military mission to help a northern Manitoba First Nation in the aftermath of a water crisis brought on by a power outage is complete.
QUEBEC -- Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says he won't seek the Coalition Avenir Quebec leadership to replace Francois Legault.
ST. JOHN'S -- The leader of the organization representing Inuit in Canada says the federal government must act now to protect Inuit homelands from U.S. President Donald Trump.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government says it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia is undertaking a $600,000 expansion of the province's forensic firearms lab, a move the government says is a direct response to the recent rash of extortion violence.
GATINEAU -- The Competition Bureau says it heard a variety of concerns from Canadians during its recent study into the use of algorithms to set prices, including issues around unfairness and affordability.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government says it's pushing back its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to protect the economy and jobs.
The Inuit government in northern Labrador is standing in solidarity with Greenland as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to take control of the Danish territory. Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe says the people of Greenland, the majority of whom are Inuit, have a right to determine their own future.
ST. JOHN'S -- The Inuit government in northern Labrador is standing in solidarity with Greenland as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to take control of the Danish territory.
ST. JOHN'S -- Two levels of government are at odds over an abandoned rural Newfoundland fish sauce plant, whose fetid stench has plagued nearby residents for decades.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says it has officially closed the books on the first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of the provincial legislature.
VANCOUVER -- United States procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
DAVOS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at World Economic Forum that is garnering attention around world. Here is the full text of his speech:
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he's confident the party he co-founded will remain relevant after he is replaced as leader.
QUEBEC -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault has called a byelection for the riding of Chicoutimi on Feb. 23.
ST. JOHN'S -- Norwegian energy company Equinor has delayed a deadline to decide whether it will proceed with its proposed Bay du Nord offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador, as it hammers out a benefits agreement with the province.
The world has entered a risky new age of great power rivalries and middle powers need to join forces to survive, Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday.
Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs. MacDonald says a Chinese importer has ordered 60,000 metric tons of canola seed and he's aware of a Canadian company shipping its first load of beef to China next week. It's expected be the...
ST. JOHN'S -- Equinor has delayed a deadline to decide whether it will proceed with its proposed Bay du Nord offshore oilfield in Newfoundland and Labrador, as it hammers out a benefits agreement with the province.
OTTAWA -- Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to reconvene the legislature five weeks early, saying her government needs to take accountability during a crisis of hospital overcrowding.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the growing tension over Greenland is yet another reason to have a more fully developed port in the Town of Churchill.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the growing tension over Greenland is yet another reason to have a more fully developed port in the Town of Churchill.
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QUEBEC -- Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Geneviève Guilbault announced Sunday morning that she would leave politics at the end of her term, saying the decision had been made ''a long time ago.''
MONTREAL -- Several legislators are calling for Simon Jolin-Barette to enter the race to succeed Francois Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec after the premier's abrupt resignation announcement Wednesday.
Charles Milliard has officially entered the race for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party to succeed Pablo Rodriguez, who resigned in December amid a leadership campaign-financing scandal. Milliard, a former head of Quebec's chamber of commerce, finished second in the contest that Rodriguez won last June.
MONTREAL -- Charles Milliard has officially entered the race for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party to succeed Pablo Rodriguez, who resigned in December amid a leadership campaign-financing scandal.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe weather and flooding that lashed southern British Columbia and parts of Alberta last month caused close to $90 million in insured damage, with B.C.'s Fraser Valley suffering the heaviest losses.
FREDERICTON -- The New Brunswick government's first official response to a 2022 report on systemic racism includes the creation of a new anti-racism office, but the province is not committing to move ahead with key recommendations related to racism in policing.
CALGARY -- The City of Calgary says tests on a repaired water main have been successful and all water restrictions in the city and surrounding communities are now lifted.
MONTREAL -- The leader of the Parti Québécois says it's time to refocus the political debate in Quebec to sovereignty following what he described as Premier François Legault's failure to chart a positive path for the province within Canada.
The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to slash tariffs on a set number of Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China dropping duties on agriculture products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
TORONTO -- A police officer in Toronto has been arrested after property that was delivered to police was taken instead of logged.
VICTORIA -- A councillor for the British Columbia city of Maple Ridge has been charged with four counts of sexual assault involving at least two people, almost a year after the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into his behaviour.
TORONTO -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says the government of Panama will authorize the removal and processing of certain materials at the Cobre Panama copper mine.
VANCOUVER -- The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner says it's not known if a public hearing into the death of Myles Gray will include testimony from a group of seven Vancouver officers involved in the fatal 2015 confrontation in Burnaby, B.C.
MUMBAI -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says Indian companies and the delegation he is leading in the subcontinent have been holding "extensive discussions" about access to the province's mining and energy sectors.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's NDP is criticizing Premier Tim Houston for not making any official submissions on Nova Scotia Power's proposed power rate hike, but the premier says his government will do so before the deadline.