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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Walz and Vance to face off during VP debate Tim Walz and JD Vance will face off on the debate stage tonight in...

HAILEYBURY, Ont. - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial is set to resume in a northeastern Ontario court today, with the defence expected to lay out its case. The complainant who acc...

WASHINGTON - Tim Walz and JD Vance will face off on the debate stage tonight in a matchup political experts say is likely to focus on who's too weird for the White House. Walz, the Democratic governor...

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference turns its attention to media issues today. A senior official from the federal broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicat...

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation. Saskatchewan's minimum wage is going up by a dollar to...

OTTAWA - Canadian members of Parliament are working with their colleagues in Australia and New Zealand to try and convince their respective governments to jointly recognize Palestinian statehood.NDP M...

REGINA - The race to elect a new government in Saskatchewan begins today. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has said he will be asking Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty today to dissolve the house to launch the prov...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party is expected to be the first to roll out its complete election platform today. Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning. Th...

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals today by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors. Bloc Leader Yves-...

BANGKOK (AP) - A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was carr...