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TORONTO — The Senate forfeited any claim to immunity from lawsuits over its suspension of Mike Duffy, because its actions were politically motivated and unlawful, the senator's lawyer argued on Thursday.

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Canada's chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which hits young people hard and is circulating across the country while a strain that typically targ

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's attempt to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. The B.C.

VANCOUVER — BMO Financial Group is establishing an advisory council of Indigenous leaders from across the country after an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter were handcuffed at one of the bank's Vancouver branches.

WINNIPEG — The family of an Indigenous woman found unclothed and injured in a train yard is criticizing how Winnipeg police investigated her death.

Parks Canada has brought in new rules for climbers on the country's highest peak after having to rescue eight people in seven years.

OTTAWA — A former Canadian Forces engineer who disappeared after he was accused of being a neo-Nazi has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on firearms charges and appeared in a United States courtroom on Thursday.

OTTAWA — A national organization representing Inuit women in Canada is calling for a radical shift in the way police work is done in the North.

OTTAWA — As the federal Conservative leadership race begins drawing party grandees into potential candidates' camps, former prime minister Stephen Harper appears to be taking a step to the side.