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OTTAWA - Federal minister Bill Blair says his ideas for new gun-control rules might come within weeks. Since August, Blair been working on ways to get handguns and assault rifles off Canada's str...

OTTAWA - Canada's border-security minister says there is a backlog in the screening of asylum seekers, including those who are considered irregular border-crossers walking into the country from the Un...

OTTAWA - Two major Canadian unions' support for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is rooted in ignorance of the country's struggle for freedom and the plight of its downtrodden and abused workers,...

MONTREAL - Michel Cadotte, on trial for second-degree murder in the death of his ailing wife, said Tuesday he fully understood what he was doing when he smothered her with a pillow. Under cr...

TORONTO - The NHL and NBA will share the many screens at Real Sports Bar and Grill with esports on Feb. 15 when the Toronto Defiant play their opening game in the Overwatch League. OverActive Media, w...

TORONTO - Mother-daughter time for the Carletons happened under a hoop in a high school gym. Bridget would shoot. Mom Carrie would rebound. They'd talk about their days. The rhythmic swish a...

MONTREAL - A Quebec municipal councillor who was already under fire for denying the existence of Islamophobia is drawing new scrutiny for recent comments questioning whether the Earth is rou...

The Canadian subsidiary of General Motors has tried to stop an autoworkers' union from airing a critical TV commercial during the Super Bowl, but the union said it planned to move forward with the ad ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Education Department is admitting it began surveying schools months ago about how many employees wear religious symbols on the job. The Canadian Press obtained a copy of ...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they have taken down an attack ad that spoofed the famous "Heritage Minute" format. A party spokesman says the ad "was obviously intended as parody," but nonethe...