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OTTAWA — Former central banker Mark Carney will launch his bid to lead the Liberal party in Edmonton on Thursday, says a news release from Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal.

OTTAWA — Canada should make sure the U.S. is aware of its critical reliance on Canadian energy but not pull back on those exports just yet, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson — the latest Liberal to visit Washington in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats — is making a pitch for a Canada-U. S. energy and resource alliance.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex.

Sixty new drones have been added at the Canada-U.S. border and two new helicopters will be deployed this week as the federal government moves to ratchet up border security.

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OTTAWA — The first carbon rebate of 2025 is being paid out today to households in provinces that use the federal carbon pricing system — even as the future of the rebate program itself remains uncertain.

MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.

Colorado voters approved a ballot initiative in 2020 to reintroduce the animals as a way of restoring ecological balance.

A year's worth of crops, including peaches and nectarines, were wiped out in the Okanagan last year, along with the vast majority of cherries, and grapes used in B.C. wines.