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OTTAWA — Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Statistics Canada said Thursday the result, which followed a deficit of $2.

HALIFAX — In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's bid to make Canada an "energy superpower," Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is floating the idea of dramatically ramping up the province's nascent offshore wind energy industry.

TORONTO — An infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died in southwestern Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday.

KANANASKIS — Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to watch an Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup final game. Speaking to The Canadian Press in Washington, D.C.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his government's new parliamentary secretary team. Thirty-nine members of Parliament were chosen by Carney to assist ministers and secretaries of state.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab tabled legislation Thursday to restore citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after a court found the existing law unconstitutional.

OTTAWA — Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, including one Canadian citizen.

VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authoriz

OTTAWA — Faced with a trade war they didn't start, Canadians are divided on whether they see the United States as an "enemy" or an "ally," a new poll suggests.