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Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...

TEL AVIV, Israel - This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist. Neil Patrick Harris arrived in Israel Wednesday along w...

OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned the Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement. The government wants to move "in tandem" w...

OTTAWA - Having the money in the Canada Pension Plan fund actively managed by investment experts has been worth nearly $50 billion in extra returns since the mid-2000s, says the parliamentary budget o...

MONTREAL - A trio of Canadian satellites that represent the next generation of Earth-observation technology launched successfully into orbit today and will be deployed soon. The Ca...

OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer national pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian. Eric...