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OTTAWA — The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy — facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during

VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility while a First Nation challenges an addition to the dam in court.

A woman pushed back Friday after a defence lawyer suggested she felt embarrassed and ashamed for the choices she made the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government.

MONTREAL — A political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday downplayed the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competitive.

OTTAWA — Interim NDP leader Don Davies said Friday his party is in "very early" discussions with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government about being granted official party status in the House of Commons.

A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the "critical" state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action launched in Federal Court, lawyers for the community

HALIFAX — A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt.