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OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...

FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...

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 March 12 ... &nb...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court won't hear a case involving the rights of public-sector workers in Alberta in a labour dispute with that province's government. The high court was deciding whether to h...

BANGKOK - European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market's worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris...

TORONTO - Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19. The Raptors' 14-day isolation c...

NHL arenas will be dark for the foreseeable future. And when teams can return to the ice is really anyone's guess in the wake of commissioner Gary Bettman's announcement Thursday t...

WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...

MADRID - Spanish media are reporting that Spain's government will announce Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movement for the nation of 46 million people while declaring a two-week sta...