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VANCOUVER - Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country's "strict rules" on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia "a model" in g...

FREDERICTON - The head of New Brunswick's francophone Vitalit Health Network launched a spirited defence Thursday of the organization's spending on travel nurse contracts. Dr. France Desrosiers told a...

OTTAWA - The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations says Ottawa's role is not to govern the internal accountability of the Assembly of First Nations, as its former chief launches a lawsuit aga...

OTTAWA - Throngs of revellers decked out in red and white will make a 1.4-kilometre trek in the July heat from downtown Ottawa to the national Canada Day celebrations, passing by a transit station the...

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor is sticking to opening day of the Stampede as a best-case scenario for the full resumption of water services in the city. But Jyoti Gondek warns that unforeseen problems coul...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is changing the rules for those who pay a fixed amount of rent for public housing, a move the government says is aimed at achieving fairness and consistency. Housing Minister Joh...

EDMONTON - Cheryl Oates learned that she needed to lace up a good pair of running shoes to keep up with Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley. "When I think about her turning me into a runner, despite the ...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament poured out of the House of Commons into the stifling air of an Ottawa heat wave Wednesday, heading back to their constituencies for the summer barbecue and festival circ...

TORONTO - Deaths in Canada's 12 most populous cities go up during extreme heat waves and people aged 65 and older are at higher risk than those who are younger, says a Statistics Canada report release...

CALGARY - It has been two weeks since a massive pipe ruptured in Calgary, leaving residents under water restrictions. Mayor Jyoti Gondek says it's also the fourth day in a row Calgarians have used les...