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WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had a "productive and wide-ranging" phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning.

Negotiations that had been scheduled for Friday between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been delayed.

MONTREAL — The provincial agency in charge of health care in Quebec says the number of infants hospitalized from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has fallen sharply following a successful vaccination campaign.

OTTAWA — Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.

MONTREAL — The Quebec liquor board may be forced to destroy $300,000 worth of American alcohol that the province has banned from stores. The provincial government on March 4 ordered the state-owned corporation to empty shelves of U.S.

OTTAWA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Thursday that he wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the trade issues that have led to steep tariffs on Canadian canola products.

OTTAWA — The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts.

TORONTO — There's growing concern about a move by the United States to make hundreds more product categories subject to the country's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum content.

British Columbia fishing guide Dean Werk says he was getting calls last week from keen anglers wondering if this would be their year. "Do you think there's going to be a salmon opening, Dean?" Now they have the answer.

Green space helped protect the mental health of city-bound Canadians during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests, even as the number of people with depression surged.