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WASHINGTON — Former vice-president Mike Pence would have touched off a constitutional crisis "tantamount to a revolution" had he acceded on Jan. 6 to Donald Trump's demands that he reject the results of the 2020 presidential election, a retired U.S.

Ottawa is facing calls to respond to a growing number of privacy breaches involving military members who experienced sexual misconduct while in uniform, with experts and opposition parties calling the errors unacceptable.

OTTAWA — Canada's chief justice says the legal system must continue to modernize and innovate, warning it cannot return to pre-pandemic ways of doing business.

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man has been indicted on U.S. federal charges for allegedly trafficking fentanyl over the dark web that resulted in the deaths of two American navy sailors.

OTTAWA — Michelle Rempel Garner, a longtime Conservative MP from Calgary, says she's stepping back from the federal Conservative leadership race to consider running for Jason Kenney's job.

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has sent the case of two men convicted in the slayings of three family members back to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is facing two new sexual assault charges. Toronto police say the force charged Nygard with two counts of sexual assault on Wednesday.

PLESSISVILLE, Que. — RCMP announced Thursday they were searching properties southwest of Quebec City that are allegedly connected to a neo-Nazi terrorist group.

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OTTAWA — The strategic mistake made in allowing Russia to have global dominance in oil and gas cannot be repeated as the world looks to massively ramp up production of critical minerals, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asserted this wee