National News

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OTTAWA — The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark.

WASHINGTON — Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S.

A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities.

MONTREAL — There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a major border crossing south of Montreal, border officials said Tuesday amid concerns that Trump administration policies could drive another massive influx of migrants

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast.

FREDERICTON — A national legal group has apologized and begun an internal review after facing widespread criticism from outside groups and within its own ranks for cancelling a speech by a prominent Syrian refugee.

WASHINGTON — With a fresh round of U.S. tariffs set to hit the world Wednesday, America's top trade official faced pushback Tuesday from lawmakers alarmed by the fallout from President Donald Trump's trade war.

LAVAL — The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was unable to distinguish right from wrong, a psychiatrist told a trial on Tuesday. Dr.

OTTAWA — The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appointing a tax task force.