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TORONTO — The federal government is facing mounting pressure to investigate the importation of endangered monkeys for medical research in Quebec, after a United States probe allegedly prompted a pharmaceutical giant to sharply increase its imports no

The most Canadian animal? It's not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, the loon that gave the one-dollar coin its nickname, or even the much-maligned Canada goose.

MONTREAL — Quebec wants to cut its share of international students to ease housing pressure and protect the French language, but a recent uptick in study permits has mostly gone to people from francophone countries where the province has explicitly s

WASHINGTON — For Americans living in a handful of battleground states, the United States election has relentlessly inundated their lives for months. Their televisions show constant advertisements from Democrats and Republicans.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they'll fork over as much money as they did last year on candy and costumes.

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence will be able to beat humans at cyber offence by the end of the decade, predicted the keynote speaker at a series of lectures hosted by computer science luminary Geoffrey Hinton this week.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says its investigation into an Ontario facility processing plant-based milk found it was not adhering to Health Canada’s policies on listeria prevention.

British Columbia Premier David Eby has scheduled a meeting with the B.C. Greens as he prepares to form government, a day after the NDP won the barest of majorities in a legislature where every vote will count.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta has applied for a judicial review of Ottawa's exemption of the carbon levy on home heating oil.