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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising municipal leaders federal backing and resources toward efforts to address the high cost of housing that he says is creating a crisis for young and m...

Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith will be among those giving Bill C-218 a much closer look when it goes before the Senate's standing committee on banking, trade and commerce this week. Bill C-218 is...

A retired Supreme Court justice is calling for significant changes to how the Canadian Armed Forces deals with allegations of sexual misconduct following a months-long review of Canada' military justi...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 699 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the virus. The data is based on 20,262 tests. The pr...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It appears that Alberta's Justice Minister and Solicitor General is not pleased with the action plan presented to his ministry by the Lethbridge Police Service.In March, Kaycee Madu o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending rose a modest 0.2% in April as strength in housing offset further weakness in nonresidential construction. The April increase followed a much stronger 1% g...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up in May, even as supply chain problems persist and businesses continue to struggle to find workers. The Institute for Supply Management,...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries have confirmed their plans to return 2.1 million barrels per day of oil output, balancing fears that continuing COVID-19 ou...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Welcome (back) to the jungle: Guns N' Roses is playing an Atlantic City casino this year. The iconic hard rock band has booked two dates at the Hard Rock casino Sept. 11 and...

OTTAWA - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has exposed a fault line in the Green party, threatening political unity as lawmakers break from their leader and rank-and-file members clash with party staff...