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OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the alliance's defence spending targets.

When Tari Shear got her start in the restaurant industry as a hostess, she says enduring sexual harassment was one of the "expectations" of her job.

Facebook says it has launched its messenger app for kids in Canada. Messenger Kids is an app that allows kids to video call and message friends and family using a smartphone or tablet.

REGINA — The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is showing support for protesters who have set up a teepee again outside of the Saskatchewan legislature.

OTTAWA — The federal government has reached a deal with a Quebec firm for three new icebreakers for the coast guard.

OTTAWA — Officials are promising shorter queue times for Canada Day festivities in the nation's capital this year, but heavy security measures will once again force revellers to endure enhanced screening and tightly controlled access to Parliament Hi

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VICTORIA — On the day Canadians can legally buy and use recreational marijuana, the clock will start ticking for cannabis dispensaries already open across the country, say politicians and pot industry insiders. On Oct.

OTTAWA — The over-representation of Indigenous people in prison is "unacceptable" and reveals a serious problem, says Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner. "That's a terrible situation, I must say," Wagner told a rare news conference Friday.

Vancouver police say a woman who claimed to have been arrested by fake police officers in a fraud scheme exaggerated her report.