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OTTAWA — Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic. The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.

Health Canada approved Pfizer-BioNTech's updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, marking its third authorization of vaccine formulations that protect against the most recently circulating variants of the virus.

OTTAWA — Canada says Egypt will soon stop requiring cumbersome visas for Canadian tourists nearly a year after Cairo imposed the measure on Canadian passport holders.

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway.

MONTREAL — The City of Montreal issued a lockdown notice for some residents of an east-end borough on Monday night due to a battery fire at the city's port that has since been brought under control.

Human remains resting in a remote Arctic cairn, visible emblems of one of the North's most enduring mysteries, finally have a name.

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Mike Goetz has added bill collector to his list of responsibilities as mayor of Merritt in British Columbia's Interior. In June, Goetz sent the province an invoice for $103,831.

VANCOUVER — The state of British Columbia health care has become a key issue ahead of the provincial election on Oct.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government is expected to face its first serious test this week since the NDP withdrew from an agreement to support the Liberals.