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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson both accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of shirking his duty in response to the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed the national capital's downtown core, a public inquiry heard Tuesday.

LATROBE, Pa. — Barbara Griffin all but rolls her eyes when asked who she wants to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The mayor of Iqaluit said Tuesday he planned to immediately step down from the job. Kenny Bell announced his resignation as mayor of Nunavut's capital in a statement on Twitter.

OTTAWA — Google is raising "serious" concerns about a Liberal bill that seeks to require tech giants to pay media outlets in exchange for putting their news content online.

MONTREAL — A 45-year-old Quebec father was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after two of his children were killed in the family home north of Montreal.

OTTAWA — The national public health agency is preparing for "worst-case scenario" COVID-19 variants that can evade immunity, Canada's top doctor told members of Parliament Tuesday, as early signs point to a fall resurgence of the virus.

Canada has announced new funding to help launch a series of satellites that will help monitor and respond to climate change.

An analysis suggests Canada is using questionable methods to dramatically underestimate greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry industry, which it says equal those from Alberta's oilsands in some years.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: --- Recorded rainfall between July and Oct.

OTTAWA — A new research report says federal cybersecurity legislation is so flawed it would allow authoritarian governments around the world to justify their own repressive laws.