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VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan is putting pressure on the Opposition Liberals to explain allegations made by the Speaker of "flagrant overspending" by two top legislature officials dati...

CALGARY - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the federal government won't cut corners to speed up a full review of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The government bought...

Environmental groups and First Nations have taken legal action to try and force the federal government to protect five endangered and shrinking caribou herds in northern Alberta. The lawsuit says Envi...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Green party will not support the return to the legislature of two senior officers after a report by the Speaker was released alleging spending abuses....

OTTAWA - Canada is planning to host a meeting of countries from the Americas determined to steer troubled Venezuela back on a path to democracy. Sources tell The Canadian Press the gathering...

OTTAWA - Travellers caught sneaking small amounts of marijuana into Canada could soon be forced to pay fines. Although stiff criminal penalties will remain options on the books, the federal ...

MONTREAL - Tony Magi, a businessman with reported links to organized crime in Montreal, has been shot dead, according to multiple media reports. Police said they received a call shortly before no...

OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a pilot program to boost immigration in rural and northern communities struggling with labour shortages and population decline. The vast majority of&n...

WINNIPEG - The head of the RCMP in Manitoba says providing an eagle feather to people swearing oaths is a positive step toward reconciliation with Indigenous communities. Assistant Commissioner S...

Details are emerging about the kidnapping and killing of a Canadian mining company executive in Burkina Faso last week, as authorities continue their investigation. Jean Paul Badoum, an official with ...