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FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Progressive Conservative leader and incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs spent much of the first election debate defending his decision to call a snap election and fending off accusations he has a secret plan to cut services.

An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. "There is strong scientifically valid evidence of ...

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt for francophones.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:21 p.m. EDT on Sept. 3, 2020: There are 130,493 confirmed cases in Canada.

MONTREAL — A lawyer representing a group of Quebec parents was in court Thursday trying to compel the province's Education Department to provide an online learning option for all families who want it.

OTTAWA — A longtime federal public servant who previously managed billions of dollars in planned military equipment purchases has been tapped to become the Canadian Space Agency's first permanent female president.

OTTAWA — The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program.

OTTAWA — Indigenous children and their relatives harmed by chronic underfunding of child-welfare services on reserves are a step closer to resolving claims for compensation.

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes.

VICTORIA — A new generation of Indigenous legal scholars will be trained at the University of Victoria, which announced the expansion of its law school to house Canada's new National Centre for Indigenous Laws. The federal and B.C.