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OTTAWA — Canada will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada's agricultural industry for another two years after the pandemic meant it got off to a slow start, the immigration minister announced Monday.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Close friends and family of Gordon Lightfoot came together for a small, private funeral on Monday held at the Orillia, Ont. church where he was once a choir boy. A group of roughly 50 people assembled inside St.

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Canada's electronic waste more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to keep increasing, a new study indicates, with researchers urging better e-waste management to reduce environmental harm and bring economic rewards.

EDMONTON — Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain were delivering some relief for firefighters as they continued to battle wildfires threatening communities in central northern Alberta, but provincial officials warned the reprieve was only in some are

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that former federal Liberal minister Marc Lalonde has died at age 93. Lalonde was the principal secretary to former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1968 to 1972.

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't expect his government to move on electoral reform, despite his party membership calling for a national council to examine the issue.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Public Security Department says water levels across the province have started to decline, but warned the spring flood season is not yet over.

NEW-RICHMOND, Que. — Quebec provincial police say they're investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who was trapped under a tractor on a farm on the province's Gaspé Peninsula. Police spokesman Sgt.