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OTTAWA — Health Minister Patty Hajdu is encouraging Canadians to stockpile food and medication in their homes in case they or a loved one should fall ill with the novel coronavirus, despite the relatively low risk of contracting the disease in Canada

OTTAWA — Rudy Husny scrambled up and down the stairs of the House of Commons Wednesday, thrusting his nomination papers for the Conservative leadership in front of one party member after another as he hustled to collect enough names to enter the cont

EDMONTON — Alberta is to bring in its new budget Thursday while juggling a sluggish economy, multibillion-dollar deficits and escalating conflicts with public-sector workers. "There continues to be heavy lifting in front of us as a province.

OTTAWA — Canada has a leg up on preparing for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus because the country already has a detailed pandemic plan, according to federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu.

VANCOUVER — Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of crime, an inquiry has heard.

OTTAWA — The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate is Feb. 27.

TORONTO — A homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief seconds after a driveway confrontation will again have to stand trial on second-degree murder, Ontario's top court ruled on Wednesday.

Health officials in Ontario have confirmed a new case of the novel coronavirus in the province. There have been 12 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Canada — five in Ontario and seven in British Columbia. Here is a timeline of Canadian cases. Jan.

OTTAWA — Canada's biggest annual birthday bash is moving away from Parliament Hill.

CALGARY — A $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back if the circumstances that led to the cancelling of the Frontier oilsands mining project this week continue, Albert