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VANCOUVER — A former executive with the Canada Border Services Agency says she never had concerns about the motivations or conduct of border officers involved in the examination of Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested at the Vancouve

Authorities are cautioning Canadians against getting swept up in the excitement of the approaching COVID-19 vaccine rollout, insisting that dropping our guards could have deadly consequences as federal forecasts predict the outbreak's death toll coul

OTTAWA — The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its carbon tax in each of the next 10 years.

EDMONTON — Alberta, seeking to heal with hard-edged humour, has launched a COVID-19 advertising campaign starring a fashion-challenged, hard-partying, virus-headed Freddy Kruegeresque super-spreader.

OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant, a newly released watchdog report says.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:04 p.m. British Columbia has added another 737 cases to its COVID-19 total. Eleven more people died, bringing the province's surging death toll to 598.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons has adjourned for a six-week Christmas break without resolving a dispute over how it should resume in the new year.

VANCOUVER — A cargo ship that sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island more than 50 years ago is now polluting the waters of a popular marine park.

The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories says five new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Yellowknife, the first in the territory in two weeks. The government earlier this week asked anyone isolating in Yellowknife since Nov.