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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has left for his first official visit to China, with both countries expressing hope they can improve their economic connection.

MONTREAL -- The National Energy Board has cancelled the first day of Energy East hearings in Montreal after protesters broke into the downtown venue and started screaming and chanting.

Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar, held in an Iranian prison since June, has been hospitalized amid concerns for her rapidly declining health, according to a family member.

A Quebec mother says she was shocked that two Grade 3 teachers were wearing aboriginal headdresses and handing them out to students on the first day of classes Monday.

BEIJING — Justin Trudeau delivered a message to powerful business leaders in Beijing on Tuesday, shortly after his plane touched down: China needs a little more Canada.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says it is making progress in the fight against sexual misconduct in the ranks, but much more work needs to be done.

A 26-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was attacked in northern Saskatchewan by a lone wolf.

A rare court hearing for a mentally ill Jamaican man who's been in prison for five years without charge began Tuesday.

Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over the talks for months.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially entered the Marvel universe - - and the boxing ring -- as a newly minted comic cover star.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy shrivelled in the second quarter to its worst performance in seven years, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

The husband of a woman on trial for concealing the remains of six infants in a Winnipeg storage locker says he thought his wife was hoarding furniture.

A police spokesman in the Dominican Republic says a 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the slaying of a Canadian man living in the Caribbean country.

Twenty-four Sussex Drive is basically a firetrap that posed a “serious” safety risk to former prime minister Stephen Harper and his family, says a 2011 report done for the National Capital Commission.

As the federal government hammers out plans to legalize marijuana, the oil and gas sector is asking for a ban on pot to remain for safety-sensitive workplaces.

Thirty-five Hells Angels members who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of conspiracy to commit murder have had their sentences reduced by between six and eight years.

Authorities in Canada and the United States say they have thwarted a human smuggling attempt near Sarnia, Ont.

Canadian families will see their payments slowly erode over time under the Liberal government’s new child benefit program, says Parliament’s budget watchdog.

A Saskatchewan couple has two boys, four car seats and a nanny but they’re being asked by the Canada Revenue Agency to prove that their children exist — again.

Justin Trudeau set his sights squarely on China’s human rights record Thursday, painting Canada as a straight-talking champion of personal freedoms as he lectured an elite business crowd on the value of good governance and free expression.

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