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A new study offers a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, findings that are an exciting step toward understanding the development of planets and their atmospheres, the lead researcher says.

OTTAWA — As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant.

OTTAWA — Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant women to make a tough choice: have a safe birth or ensure the kids they already have are properly cared for.

WASHINGTON — Territorial premiers said it is a critical time for the Arctic amid U.S. President Donald Trump's increasing rhetoric of American expansion and actions to disrupt global trade. But they are very clear: the Arctic is not for sale.

OTTAWA — Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them.

A major winter storm disrupted travel plans, closed schools and shuttered city services across Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces Thursday, as communities dug out from a wintry cocktail that brought upwards of 20 centimetres of snow.

BOISSEVAIN, Man. — The International Peace Garden that straddles the Canada-United States border has for more than 90 years been a quiet, pastoral place to celebrate friendship between the two countries.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lauded Syria's interim president Thursday despite the fact Ahmed al-Sharaa leads a group Canada still designates as a terrorist organization.

OTTAWA — A notice published Wednesday by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada gives border guards the "explicit" authority to revoke temporary resident visas and electronic travel documents in certain circumstances.

OTTAWA — Some of Canada's aid sector is rallying around a call for Ottawa to prioritize education initiatives abroad as a way of bolstering security at home, as the U.S.