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MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest launched his bid for the leadership of the federal Conservative party in Calgary on Thursday, thousands of miles from the province he led for nine years. ...

VICTORIA - There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it al...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to say this morning how the job market fared in February after it suffered a setback to start the year. The Canadian economy lost 200,000 jobs in January as Omi...

OTTAWA - The news conference at the beginning of 2020 wasn't all that different from the many Dr. Howard Njoo had held in the past. The public health veteran helped to manage the first avian flu cases...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke "most favored nation" trade status for Rus...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies easily won final congressional approval Thursday, hitching a ride on a...

BEIJING (AP) - China's Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called the situation in Ukraine "grave" and offered Beijing's help in playing a "positive role" for peace while continuing to refuse to criticize Ru...

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) - Russian strikes hit near airports in western Ukraine on Friday as the military offensive widened, and invading troops kept up pressure on the capital Kyiv and the besieged por...

WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak to reporters this morning as his four-country tour of Europe comes to an end. Trudeau is to hold a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, before b...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Eric Comrie is making the most of his limited starts in goal with the Winnipeg Jets. Comrie made 33 saves in winning for the seventh time in 10 starts and Kyle Connor scored his te...