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CALGARY — The Calgary Stampede is back and kicked off Friday morning with the usual array of floats, bands, horses and dignitaries. But the first parade since the COVID-19 pandemic was missing one main ingredient from the past — spectators.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy nearly recovered the jobs lost during third wave lockdowns as restrictions rolled back and businesses expanded their payrolls faster than expected in June.

Quebec has announced its intention to impose a vaccine-passport system beginning in September that would require people to prove they are vaccinated to access non-essential businesses — such as bars and gyms — in parts of the province where COVID-19

OTTAWA — In her home community of Taykwa Tagamou Nation in northeastern Ontario, surrounded by family and friends, RoseAnne Archibald was about to deliver the oath of office as newly elected national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Thursday wh

WINNIPEG — Court records show a man charged in the killing of his three-year-old daughter had tried to force her mother to get an abortion.

MONTREAL — Business owners say they are happy Quebec's vaccine-passport system will allow them to operate during potential COVID-19 outbreaks, but they worry the health order will become burdensome and another source of conflict with clients.

MONTREAL — The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine-year legal battle.

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community.

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CALGARY — The rides are up, the stuffed animals are displayed at the games tables and concession booths are loaded with supplies. Forced by the pandemic to cancel last year for the first time in its history, the Calgary Stampede has returned.