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MONTREAL - Advanced voting kicked off on Friday in Montreal's LaSalle-mard-Verdun riding, and party leaders are helping get out the vote as the federal byelection on Sept. 16. draws nearer. Polls show...

CALGARY - For almost two weeks, a city of 1.6 million people has been told once again to stop watering lawns, take three-minute showers, hold off on laundry and dishes, and let the yellow in their toi...

FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nations leader says the province must rethink its approach to the forest industry in light of Canfor Corp.'s decision to shutter two sawmills and leave ...

Marineland's owner, Marie Holer, has died. Marie Holer took over the tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ont., from her husband John Holer after he died in 2018. "Her grace, kindness, and unwavering ...

OTTAWA - Canada Post is proposing an increase to regulated postage rates next year, bringing the price of most stamps up by 25 cents to $1.24. The organization says it's kept letter mail rate increase...

MONTREAL - Brewing company Molson Coors says it is dropping its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and taking a "broader view" in which all employees know they are welcome, but groups representi...

Landowner resistance seems to have quashed an Alberta government pilot program offering energy companies partial recognition for well site cleanup that isn't complete. "We've been telling all the land...

OTTAWA - China launched a complaint against Canada at the World Trade Organization on Friday over recently announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel. The Ministry of Commerce ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government wants to extend its five per cent cap on rent increases another two years, but the province won't create an enforcement unit to bolster its tenancy rules and regul...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...