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Federal Liberals aim to add personal leave days as Ontario cuts them back

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government plans to give about 900,000 Canadian workers more paid personal-leave days, in a proposal that …

Freeland, future Mexican minister offer little on when US tariffs will be lifted

OTTAWA – Chrystia Freeland and Mexico’s future foreign minister are noncommittal when it comes to when they expect the United …

Scheer marks one year countdown to federal election with campaign style speech

OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer marked the start of the one-year countdown to the 2019 election with a campaign-style …

Feds’ tariff relief plan faces criticism; Morneau says 50 firms now surtax free

OTTAWA – The federal government has so far exempted 50 Canadian companies from surtaxes imposed last summer when Ottawa slapped …

Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes

OTTAWA – The Senate’s banking committee is urging the Trudeau government to take big steps on taxation that include introducing …

High times: optimism in Smiths Falls, the little town that marijuana saved

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — The place pot put on the map, weed capital of Canada, the little town that marijuana saved …

Coalition party forms majority government, ends province’s two party rule

MONTREAL — Quebecers charted a new course for their province Monday by giving the seven-year-old Coalition Avenir Quebec a majority …

Feds to comb social media for Canadians’ pot related attitudes, behaviour

OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to scour social-media platforms to find out what Canadians really think about pot …

The hunt for online herb: feds seek dope on hazy world of pot’s ‘cryptomarket’

OTTAWA — The federal government insists pot legalization will help the country snuff out crime — but internally it’s wondering …

Canada’s capital region bears witness to surprising inrush of… black bears

OTTAWA — High population density is a feature of most Group of Seven capitals — but Ottawa stands out among …

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