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Former PM Harper offers help on trade, but staying 'neutral' in UK Tory race
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he's willing to help the next British prime minister negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union — but he's not taking sides in the race to decide who that is.
Ontario community sets Guinness World Record for largest human maple leaf
An Ontario municipality now has bragging rights after setting the record for the largest human maple leaf over the Canada Day long weekend.
Ex-senator Don Meredith harassed staff, constable, ethics officer reports
The Senate’s ethics officer says ex-senator Don Meredith created a poisoned work environment by harassing a half-dozen employees, plus a constable in the upper chamber's protection service.
Nature Conservancy warns campers of tree-killing beetle new to Maritimes
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is warning long-weekend campers in the Maritimes to beware of an invasive, tree-killing beetle.
Garbage-hauling ship arrives in Canada after journey from Philippines
An infamous load of Canadian trash that had been rotting in the Philippines for more than five years has come full circle, arriving by ship at a port south of Vancouver on Saturday, June 29, 2019, morning.
SNC-Lavalin opts for corruption trial before judge alone
Lawyers representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. have opted for trial by judge alone in a corruption case that has loomed over the Montreal-based engineering giant.
Montreal's new Samuel De Champlain Bridge officially inaugurated
It was out with the old Champlain Bridge and in with the new Samuel De Champlain Bridge on Friday, June 28, 2019, as one Montreal-area span was officially inaugurated while the other bid adieu after 57 years of service.
Always ticking: Canada's population clock shows demographic changes in real time
A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Ontario.
Higher oil prices, more tax income: Alberta ends 2018-19 with smaller deficit
Newly released figures show the Alberta government ended the last fiscal year with a deficit more than $2 billion smaller than originally predicted in the budget.
Settlement process for Norman undertaken 'independently': Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the settlement between Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the Defence Department was "undertaken independently."