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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined a chorus of well-wishers from Canada and around the world on Monday in wishing King Charles a speedy recovery after Buckingham Palace revealed the monarch has been diagnosed with cancer.

VANCOUVER — A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force BC Hydro to provide the vast amounts of power needed for its operations, upholding the provincial government's right to pause power connections for new crypto miners. Conifex Timber Inc.

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FREDERICTON — An enigmatic fossil uncovered seven years ago in a New Brunswick quarry has been found to reveal an extinct tree with a narrow trunk and a top like a pompom, a remnant from a time before dinosaurs walked the Earth.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says he agrees with NASA's plan to delay a highly anticipated mission to the moon and back until September 2025, saying that such decisions take courage.

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her controversial new suite of proposed transgender youth policies Monday as federal Liberals accused her of pushing an anti-LGBTQ agenda.

OTTAWA — Canada has a role to play in steering a global effort to end a brutal civil war that has displaced far more people than conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, says a former Canadian ambassador to Sudan.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will spend $870 million to replace the decaying roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium, but some sports economists say they're skeptical of the government's case.

OTTAWA — The woman who accuses Haydn Edmundson of sexually assaulting her on board a navy ship in 1991 gave an emotional recounting of the events in an Ottawa courtroom Monday, telling the judge she froze and couldn't bring herself to call for help.

Alberta and two prominent business groups have released formal responses to a proposed federal emissions cap as the province's environment minister was slated to meet with her federal counterpart.