OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday he's personally opposed to Alberta independence, but understands why the result of April's election has left some Albertans questioning the province's future in Canada. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn't hide her dismay at Prime Minister Mark Carney's choice of Toronto-area MP Julie Dabrusin as his new environment minister on Tuesday. Read More

Mounties have fielded more than 180 tips from the public about two young children reported missing 11 days ago from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised change, a new way of doing things at speeds never before seen. Yet to help him do this, he is relying on the same old, tired, incompetent ministers who got us into the mess we're currently in. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet includes many new faces and several notable names who have been left out, including several Trudeau-era cabinet ministers.  Read More

A B.C. man who raped his unconscious girlfriend has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault and failure to provide the necessaries of life. The judge said the incident, "beyond being criminal, was horrific." Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has created Canada’s first cabinet post specifically responsible for artificial intelligence and digital innovation, a signal that improving Canada’s technological performance will be a key plank in the long-term plan to boost the sluggish economy. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised change, and today’s cabinet shuffle was his first test. But did he lose the “Just like Justin” tag once and for all? Not completely — and the west is unlikely to be happy about it. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed his new cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall Tuesday morning. The inner circle includes many new faces and just 28 ministers. “Canada’s new Ministry is built to deliver the change Canadians want and deserve,” Carney said in a statement. “Everyone is expected and empowered to show leadership – to bring new ideas, a clear focus, and decisive action to their work.” Carney also announced 10 secretaries of state. Here's the full list of Carney's new team. Read More

PARIS — French movie star Gerard Depardieu 's fall from grace is now complete. Read More

This election showed that there are still strong regional divisions in Canada, setting Alberta, in particular, apart from the rest. The newly elected federal government has the opportunity to address them while strengthening the nation as a whole. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a “small, focused” cabinet of 28 ministers at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, with many on the team being people who have never been sworn in as ministers. The cabinet also includes 10 secretaries of state, who will be members of the Privy Council and will be responsible for key issues within a federal department. Liberal insiders told National Post that Carney was trying to balance his desire to make a clean break from the tenure of former prime minister Justin Trudeau with his need for experienced ministers during the trade war with the United States. The swearing-in ceremony took place from 10:45 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday. Carney spoke to the media around 1:40 p.m. Read More

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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Industry Minister Anita Anand will be trading jobs, while Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson will no longer be a minister as Prime Minister Mark Carney tries to make a clean break with the past with his new cabinet. Read More

The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called "freak-offs." Read More

A McDonald's restaurant in Virginia has banned customers under the age of 21 years old from eating inside, due to student violence. Read More

They’re now waving fake dead babies in Jews’ faces. Read More

WASHINGTON -- For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer. Read More

VICTORIA -- British Columbia says it has shortened the length of time it takes for an American nurse to register to work in the province from months to just a few days, in an effort to lure more nurses north. Read More

Alberta is freezing its industrial carbon tax in a bid to help companies struggling with the effects of U.S. tariffs, potentially setting up a challenge to the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Read More

OTTAWA — Rookie Liberal MP Corey Hogan says he's ready to speak up for the "No" side, in the event of a referendum on Albertan independence next year. Read More

OTTAWA — When Elections Canada certified the Liberals' victory by a single vote in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, senior party officials were stunned. Read More

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi has been fined $5,000 for boarding Florida Panthers centre Aleksander Barkov in the closing seconds of Game 4 in the second-round series in Florida on Sunday, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety has announced. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be at Rideau Hall on Tuesday to unveil the team he promised would “do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.” Read More

Most Americans who drove to Canada in April came for Good Friday on Easter weekend, according to preliminary data from Statistics Canada released on Monday. But overall, fewer Americans travelled to Canada by air and by automobile this April compared to last year. Read More

An Elections Canada judicial recount flipped a riding back to the Liberals over the weekend, but the results of three more recounts yet to be completed won’t give Prime Minister Mark Carney and his party the 172 seats needed for a majority government. Read More

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay. Read More

A recount of votes in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped that seat from the Bloc Québécois to the Liberals, and brought the governing Liberty party to 170 MPs in the House of Commons, just two shy of a majority. Here's what to know about Tatiana Auguste, Canada's newest MP. Read More

Canada's main stock index rose more than 300 points in early trading after the U.S. and China called a 90-day truce in their trade war and lower tariffs on trade between the countries. Read More

Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes. Read More

The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life cultural icon and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at Combs’ sex trafficking trial. Read More

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Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than 3-year war. Read More

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