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MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a 2022 lower court ruling that found Canadian Pacific Railway did not have legal liability for the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed 47 people.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it's moving away from the social media platform X. In a farewell post Wednesday to its more than 45,000 subscribers, the top court said it will focus its communication efforts on other platforms.

OTTAWA — The polls, fundraising hauls and endorsements aren't the only things suggesting former central bank governor Mark Carney is on track to win the Liberal leadership — Conservatives seem convinced as well.

OTTAWA — Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said again Wednesday he plans to hit Canada and Mexico with devastating duties — but a White House official confirmed on background that the tariff plans could change through negotiations.

OTTAWA — Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election will be a tight race, and at least one major pollster has the Liberals leading the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years.

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987.

OTTAWA — An LGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Ontario's political party leaders made their final pitches to voters Wednesday, a day before the province heads to the polls, with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford saying he wants to be premier "forever" while his rivals ask Ontarians to cho

FAIRBANKS — A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members. A statement from the U.S.