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EDMONTON — Several Alberta First Nations have told the province's government and energy industry that they must be consulted and share in the benefits of carbon capture projects near their lands that are crucial to making the oilsands more climate fr

TORONTO — A Lotto Max ticket holder in Quebec is waking up $70 million richer. A single winning ticket will claim Tuesday's jackpot, a draw that also had 47 available $1 million Maxmillion prizes.

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OTTAWA — Advertising and public-relations agencies have been banned for working for Russian oil and gas firms as part of a new wave of sanctions designed to increase pressure on the Putin regime.

OTTAWA — A senior official in the department of public safety says the minister has been "misunderstood" in saying police asked the federal government to use the Emergencies Act in February.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand got a first-hand look Tuesday at North America's first line of continental defence, a system experts and political leaders agree is badly in need of an upgrade.

OTTAWA — Two Ontario members of Parliament switched allegiances in the Conservative leadership race Tuesday as growing divisions prompted them to throw their support from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre in the name of party unity.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Amanda Todd's mother told a British Columbia Supreme Court that her daughter let out "a shriek" before running downstairs to show her a Facebook profile using a topless photo of the Port Coquitlam teenager as its main image.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is better prepared to withstand a hot weather emergency like that which caused more than 600 deaths last summer, but more must be done to protect people and communities, says the chief medical officer at the BC Coroners Se

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning travellers to be extra careful abroad because of the potential threat of catching monkeypox.