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Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday called on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration, with the two sides still far apart on key issues.

VANCOUVER — Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year.

Swaths of smoke from wildfires that have torched buildings and forced thousands from their homes in Western Canada have drifted as far as Newfoundland and Labrador in the east and Texas in the south.

OTTAWA — Canada's steel industry is calling on the federal government to quickly match U.S. President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum — part of a growing chorus demanding swift retaliation.

A vote on the throne speech would have been a confidence matter. If the government loses a confidence vote, it's defeated — and that can lead to a snap election.

WASHINGTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said on Wednesday there's been a "breakthrough" in conversations with Americans on Canada's role in the United States' quest for energy dominance as President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to cause uncert

TORONTO — Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills. The agency says Teva Canada Ltd.

Representative plaintiff Dean Christopher Roberts alleges many prisoners were subjected to “inhumane rights restrictions” beginning in March 2020.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it will "proactively" collect information about possible war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Israel-Hamas armed conflict.

TORONTO — Marie-Louise Fitrion says she was asleep in a hospital bed when she woke up to an obstetrician’s hand in her vagina. It was Oct.