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OTTAWA — Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.

VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last month to order them back to work.

A wildfire that left a third of the popular Rocky Mountain tourist town of Jasper, Alta., in ashes and forced tens of thousands to flee is Environment and Climate Change Canada’s most impactful weather story of 2024.

Doug Watt won't forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the Mount Polley Mine more than 10 years ago, sending millions of cubic metres of waste into waterways in the British Columbia Interior. “I went outside, and you could hear the roar.

Environment Canada has released its annual list of top 10 weather events. Here's the list for 2024, ranked mainly on severity, human and economic impact, the extent of the area affected and the event’s longevity as a top news story: 1.

OTTAWA — Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he considered the Montreal man a possible threat to national security.

MONTREAL — A second woman testified Tuesday that Gilbert Rozon sexually assaulted her in the 1980s at the Quebec impresario's high-profile civil trial.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Catholic bishops have come out against Premier François Legault's desire to end prayer in public places, saying it would violate people's constitutional rights.

MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has approved a class action settlement that could provide as much as $10.25 million to victims who were sexually abused by a minor hockey coach in a Montreal suburb.

TORONTO — Canada's premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he hopes to talk about the country's approach to negotiations.