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OTTAWA — Justice Minister Arif Virani and Trade Minister Mary Ng are the latest federal cabinet ministers to decide against running again in the next election.

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a person died in police custody in a suburb northwest of Montreal after being arrested and pepper-sprayed.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump says 25 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs coming U.S.

Numerous Canadian projects are in limbo as the world's largest aid funder freezes funding to multilateral programs, and it's unclear what will happen to millions of dollars Ottawa had sent to USAID for programming.

Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs at 25 and 10 per cent respectively during his first term in March 2018 using national security as justification. Canada responded with a series of counter-tariffs on American products like Florida orange juice.

PARIS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that developing more electricity to power artificial intelligence will be a key priority of the G7 this year, as Canada assumes the presidency of the multinational body.

Ontario’s main party leaders are taking a break from public announcements today, but they are still trying to reach voters where they are — in some cases, on the couch.

Just a handful of species at risk are faring better now than they were two and three decades ago, in the early years of Canada's system for assessing and protecting them, a new study suggests.

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OTTAWA — As conflicts continue to erupt around the globe, a new survey suggests that Canadians are anxious about relationships between groups here at home — particularly between Muslim and Jewish Canadians.