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EDMONTON — A lawyer fighting a new Alberta law affecting transgender youth says he’s disappointed Premier Danielle Smith will use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause if need be to shield the changes from legal challenge.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed d

Having a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister's policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country's politics say.

Some business leaders worry the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from the federal cabinet leaves Canada without a "quarterback" at a critical moment for the country's economy and trade relationships.

NEW YORK (AP) — For the press heading into a second Trump administration, there's a balancing act between being prepared and being fearful.

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists at a press conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CALGARY — The Canadian government is boosting the amount of funding it provides Alberta to ensure government services are offered in French as well as English.

SUN PEAKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Al Raine, the only mayor of Sun Peaks Resort Municipality and husband of champion skier Nancy Greene Raine, has died at the age of 83.

Operations at Canada Post will resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the company said, after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered a return to work.