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MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says the economy is his top priority as the provincial legislature rises for the summer. Legault says he wants to see new projects launched across Quebec in the face of U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says it has become too hard to build new projects in Canada and vowed that this bill will change that.

OTTAWA — An acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

TORONTO — Hla Wynn was looking forward to his annual trip to New York this summer, eager to spend time with family and help his brother recover from surgery.

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of enhancing American power aligns with Prime Minister Mark Carney's aim of making Canada's economy the fastest-growing in the G7, Trump's envoy to Canada said Friday.

VANCOUVER — Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast.

LONGUEUIL — The Canadian and European space agencies say economic and geopolitical turmoil are forcing them to work closer together.

OTTAWA — The federal department of justice is set to lay off up to 264 employees as it navigates what it calls "significant budgetary pressures.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at cutting down barriers to internal trade by recognizing provincial and territorial rules at the federal level.

MONTREAL — Montreal is bracing for a transit strike that could severely disrupt bus and metro service starting Monday.