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BRUSSELS — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that U.S.

QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre says he won't appeal a party decision to reject his candidacy for the Quebec Liberal leadership.

Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of Central Canada for Leger, said there's no recent precedent for this kind of patriotism bump. "If you were to ask me to go back, I'd probably think ... the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the golden goal."

Thieves in Alberta seem to be shifting their attention away from older trucks — often used to commit crimes and then abandoned — toward newer, higher value vehicles stolen for export.

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OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he would erase the massive lead the Conservatives have enjoyed for the past year and a half.

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports to the U.S., including those from Canada, on March 12. Here's the latest news (all times eastern): ——— 7:50 p.m.

Two Ontario party leaders laid out their plans to help young people deal with the affordability crisis, promising to reduce student debt and youth unemployment.

The settlement by the diocese and St. Thomas More Collegiate, a Catholic school in Burnaby, was announced in a statement released by lawyer Sandra Kovacs, who represented the anonymous man in the lawsuit.

"All I can tell you he was a good kid. He wouldn't even hurt a fly," said a man whose son was good friends with the teen.