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OTTAWA — A newly released memo shows Canada's border agency signed off on rules to guide its most intrusive intelligence operations months ago, but the federal government has yet to issue the ministerial direction.

MONTREAL — A lawyer for former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon told the court Friday that the testimony of the complainant at her client's rape trial was unreliable and inconsistent.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba was a beacon of hope when the first wave of COVID-19 hit Canada. The province had some of the lowest infection rates in the country and went weeks in the summer with no new cases.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut, the last province or territory in Canada to remain officially free of COVID-19, has recorded its first case.

MONTREAL — A psychology expert told the court challenge to Quebec's secularism law that Bill 21 may lead to people who are Jewish, Sikh and Muslim feeling increasingly stigmatized and could ultimately hurt social cohesion.

OTTAWA — National cash rebates convinced more Canadians to buy an electric car in the last 18 months, but Transport Canada says it won't be enough to hit the first zero-emission vehicle sales targets in 2025.

Grocery chain Whole Foods Market reversed a policy Friday that forbid employees from wearing poppies -- a rule the prime minister described as a "silly mistake." The U.S.

MONTREAL — Quebec is investing $15 million into the province's health-care system to increase cultural security among First Nations and Inuit communities.

OTTAWA — Rob Przybylski and Courtney Ross were slated to wrap up the month on a Costa Rican beach, sipping sugarcane cocktails with friends and family as they celebrated their wedding. Instead, the Oshawa, Ont.

OTTAWA — When one starts asking questions about the experience of Black Canadians during the Second World War, it doesn’t take long to land on the name Allan Bundy.