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OTTAWA — A failed candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership says he will put his efforts to appeal the decision to rest.

OTTAWA — A defendant cannot use court delays in their first trial as justification for a stay of proceedings if they are ordered to stand trial a second time, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.

Ottawa has made a multimillion-dollar payment as part of a renegotiated deal that is expected to see Canada foot more of the bill for developing the F-35 than in previous years.

OTTAWA — Preston Manning, founder of a populist precursor to the Conservative Party of Canada, says the sentiments behind this winter's convoy protest in Ottawa can be an "enormous source of political energy," if harnessed properly.

OTTAWA — The unemployment rate fell to another record low in April even as the pace of job creation slowed, suggesting a tightening of the labour market. Statistics Canada said Friday the jobless rate fell 5.

Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a suspect alleged to have stabbed his spouse on Thursday was arrested and released hours earlier by Quebec City police.

OTTAWA — Advocates who led the push to ban an array of assault-style firearms are telling federal lawmakers that government regulations prohibiting these guns are being circumvented by Canadian manufacturers.

OTTAWA — Longtime Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest, Quebec's former premier, took turns attacking one another's political records Thursday in the first unofficial debate in the Tory leadership race.

VANCOUVER — A plane crash in Ontario that killed an alleged hit man also claimed the life of a man believed to be linked to a separate murder plot. A warrant for the arrest of Duncan Howard Bailey was issued by B.C.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine.