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WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died, according to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer, an ally of the union boss, announc...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the government will impose a vaccine passport system following a recent rise in COVID-19 infections. Legault said today that Health Minister Christian Du...

WASHINGTON - A group of U.S. and Canadian business leaders is pushing Congress for a plan to ease restrictions at the land border with Canada. The group, led by the North American Strategy for Competi...

MONTREAL - The Canadian government is giving Quebec about $6 billion over five years, a significant portion of which will go to the province's child-care network. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made th...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request to keep some information barred from public view in the Toronto van attack case. Family members of Alek Minassian, who killed 10 people whe...

TOKYO - Seemingly poised for victory from the very beginning of the decathlon, Canadian Damian Warner cruised to a record-setting gold-medal victory - one of three medals for Canada at the Tokyo Olymp...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Police are investigating another fatal shooting with possible links to organized crime in the Montreal area. Longueuil, Que., police say a man was shot at least one time inside his r...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The protg of Iran's supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-line...

IZU, Japan - Canada's Lauriane Genest won a bronze medal in the women's keirin track cycling event. It's the first medal for the 23-year-old from Levis, Que., and Canada's first in the velodrome at th...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...