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OTTAWA - Some 39,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees went on strike as of Wednesday as part of wider labour action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. The CRA says the strike will mean certain s...

OTTAWA - More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal de...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is modifying the province's anti-tobacco law to crack down on vaping, including by banning the sale of flavoured products. The new regulations would prevent the sale o...

The opposition NDP claims the Saskatchewan Party is trying to muzzle health-care workers from speaking out after getting ahold of a Saskatchewan Health Authority memo.The memo was sent to SHA staff in...

AYODHYA, India (AP) - Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn't recognize anymore. It's a country, the 68-year-old says, where Muslims are ignored, where rising attacks...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has built its first-ever military spy satellite and that he planned to launch it on an undisclosed date, state media reported...

BANGKOK (AP) - A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cau...

QUEBEC - Premier Franois Legault is abandoning his government's plan to build a multi-purpose tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore in favour of one that will be for public transit only. The s...

OTTAWA - Canada will host five international speedskating events in the 2023-24 season. Montreal will host back-to-back short-track speedskating World Cups on Oct. 20-22 and again on Oct. 27-29. The f...

DEADLINE EXTENDED! We are still looking for young people under the age of 30 to join our VBS team this summer! This is a fantastic cross-cultural ministry opportunity, and will include a canoe trip up...