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OTTAWA - Federal cabinet minister Franois-Philippe Champagne starts two days of meetings in Washington today with the goal of unblocking North America's supply chain. Champagne is the federal innovati...

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official predicts the spy agency will make a "significant contribution" to understanding the threats posed by a warming planet as climate chang...

VICTORIA - The Royal British Columbia Museum is closing some sections of its galleries as it embarks on an effort to decolonize the institution. Daniel Muzyka, the museum's acting CEO, says in a state...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was reelected to a second term, surviving a bitter challenge in a race that focused on calls for changes to policing and racial justice, elections offic...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, rev...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it plans to more closely monitor how increasingly frequent and severe weather events could impact the prices consumers pay for goods as part of its mandate to keep inf...

EDMONTON - The province with Canada's largest oil and gas industry has sent one of the country's smallest delegations to the international climate conference, where emissions from that industry are un...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., has apologized for reposting a social media comment that suggested there are "two sides" to the history of residential schools. Walt Cobb made t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed star center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin in the COVID-19 protocol on Wednesday after both tested positive. Coach Mike Sullivan said Cros...

OTTAWA - MPs are calling for the House of Commons' "archaic" dress code - which requires men to wear a jacket and tie to speak in the chamber - to be scrapped. NDP MPs want the traditional rules on de...