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OTTAWA — Canada's premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers' meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump.

OTTAWA — A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he did not know why he was being held and that he wanted to return to Canada.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller told the House of Commons immigration committee Monday that the asylum and refugee system is not working the way it should due to volume and inefficiency.

B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey says in a statement that "the road to accountability and transparency has been too long" for the victims of the data breach.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Monday that he's ready to work with the incoming Donald Trump administration to speed up Canada's timeline to meet its NATO alliance spending targets.

MONTREAL — An anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent on Friday is stirring up talk about a controversial former bylaw that once prohibited protesters in the city from wearing masks.

MONTREAL — As Quebec considers scrapping the semi-annual time change, data from the province's auto insurance board shows that evening road accidents — including those involving pedestrians — rise sharply in the 30 days after clocks move back in the

OTTAWA — The federal government is hoping a temporary break on GST will address a "vibecession" that has gripped Canadians, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that starting Dec.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework for Canada's security, defence and diplomatic posture.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on parts of the province last month.