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Mounties, CSIS, border agency get budget increases as Tories evoke terrorism

By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press Ottawa: The RCMP and Canada's spy and border agencies reaped hundreds of millions of new dollars to fight terrorism...

Quantitative easing 'not on the table,' Finance Minister Joe Oliver says

The Canadian Press TORONTO: Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he doesn't see any need for quantitative easing, despite the recent economic downturn. Oliver says such a...

U.S. eases COVID-19 restrictions at land border for fully vaccinated Canadians

Washington (By James McCarten) For the first time in nearly 20 months, non-essential traffic is once again moving in both directions across the Canada-U.S....

Ranj Pillai officially sworn in as Yukon’s 10th premier

Whitehorse: Yukon's newest premier promised to stay the course on Liberal government policies on Saturday as he formally took the reins of both his party...

Norad, Haiti, critical minerals expected to top Trudeau Biden talking points

Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a...

Strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza kills thousands of birds in...

Montreal: The carcasses of thousands of white gannets have been covering the shores of Quebec’s Iles-de-la-Madeleine for the last two weeks, victims of highly...

Alberta premier rejects suggestion she erred with bill giving her sweeping...

Edmonton: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting suggestions she made a mistake when she introduced a bill that would give her cabinet sweeping powers...

PM Harper on Canada’s trade mission to China

Beijing: Prime Minister Stephen Harper witnessed the signing of more than 20 commercial agreements between Canadian and Chinese companies and organizations, which are a...

Canada to get 5.2m COVID 19 vaccine doses this week, Pfizer...

Ottawa: Canada is set to receive more than five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine over the coming week. Around 2.4 million are expected to come...

World cannot allow Russia, China to dominate critical minerals market: Wilkinson

Ottawa: The strategic mistake made in allowing Russia to have global dominance in oil and gas cannot be repeated as the world looks to...

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