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CALGARY — A constituency association in southern Alberta is standing behind the area's embattled member of the legislature who has resigned from his party's caucus following a bevy of negative headlines.

WASHINGTON — The United States opened the first round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday with a muscular message that it will push for major changes, not just mere tweaks to the quarter-century-old agreement.

WASHINGTON — Some quotes from Day 1 of the NAFTA renegotiation talks: "Our approach stems from one essential insight, we pursue trade, free and fair, knowing it is not a zero-sum game." — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

As excitement on social media about the Aug. 21 solar eclipse heats up, experts are urging people to take good care of their eyes when they enjoy the spectacle in Canadian skies.

TORONTO — It didn't take long for social media to reveal the identities of some of the participants of a racially charged protest in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend.

OTTAWA — Major agricultural federations are urging NAFTA's negotiators to skip the continent's farms and ranches if they're looking for sectors in need of a makeover.

OTTAWA — A pledge by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to yank federal funding from universities that fail to uphold free speech wouldn't apply to a decision by the University of Toronto to ban a nationalist rally from campus, his spokesman said Wedn

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — British Columbia's wildfires have destroyed a record amount of forest, brush and grassland, surpassing the devastation of nearly 60 years ago.

Quebec's international reputation is taking a hit due to the increased visibility of homegrown far-right groups, the province's international relations minister said Wednesday.

SASKATOON — There are calls for the head of an Indigenous veterans group to step down because of controversial social media posts about gay people, Muslims and women.