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U.S. President Donald Trump’s successive announcements of deals setting baseline tariffs on the European Union and Japan are prompting questions about whether they’re a road map for Canada to follow in trade talks.


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More than 100 countries came together in the nation’s capital in 1997 to sign an agreement banning the use of landmines. Now the Ottawa Treaty is at risk of unravelling, as several countries make plans to withdraw from it in the face of Russian aggression.


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Emails reviewed by CBC News show the NAC was considering the move for months — during which time the centre heard from at least two MPs wondering about whether there would be a Shen Yun show in 2026.


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While Canada is not joining France in recognizing a Palestinian state, it is funding the Palestinian Authority’s preparations to lead a globally recognized country that includes Gaza and the West Bank.


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The officer in charge of a Canadian Army brigade has stepped down in the aftermath of a controversy over a now-defunct Facebook group where members of an Ottawa-based reserve unit allegedly posted hateful and inappropriate content. 


A voter leaves a polling station after casting a ballots in the federal election in Calgary, Monday, April 28, 2025.

Elections Canada says voters will need to write in their desired candidate during the upcoming byelection in Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot to avoid a massive ballot with more than 200 names.


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Former prime minister Stephen Harper told a conference in Saskatchewan on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “an evil man” who will leave Russia poor and in chaos.


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After long demanding repeal of the federal project review law, Alberta premier shifts to calling for ‘substantive’ changes.


Prime Minister Mark Carney answers questions from the media after making an announcement at a Canadian Armed Forces forward-operating location in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

The prime minister will be in his hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., Wednesday to tour an area impacted by wildfire and talk with locals about food insecurity. He’ll visit Inuvik later in the day to meet with Inuit leaders.


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It may not be the sunny ways government, but some premiers certainly seem to be feeling sunny about the future after a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday.