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OTTAWA — A former top intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he fears the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about the state of Canada's defence spending.

TORONTO — The Green Party of Ontario will build two million homes in a decade, cut taxes for low- and middle-income earners and create a "foodbelt" to protect farmland if it wins the election, leader Mike Schreiner pledged Wednesday as he released th

OTTAWA — The 13 premiers and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc are in Washington, D.C. today looking to convince Republicans that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose steep tariffs on Canada is not in their best interests.

BRUSSELS — It's up to Ukraine to decide how the war with Russia ends, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.

HALIFAX — Environment Canada issued a flurry of weather warnings Wednesday as a huge winter storm was forecast to descend across parts of Ontario and Quebec and quickly spread to Atlantic Canada.

BRUSSELS — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that U.S.

QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre says he won't appeal a party decision to reject his candidacy for the Quebec Liberal leadership.

Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of Central Canada for Leger, said there's no recent precedent for this kind of patriotism bump. "If you were to ask me to go back, I'd probably think ... the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the golden goal."

Thieves in Alberta seem to be shifting their attention away from older trucks — often used to commit crimes and then abandoned — toward newer, higher value vehicles stolen for export.

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