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SUDBURY, Ont. — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne denied in court Wednesday that she promised a New Democrat MP a cabinet position to get him to leave his party and run for the provincial Liberals.

OTTAWA — Carissa, a single mom on welfare six years ago, has a full-time job today and more money to show for it — along with a number of other Canadians, suggest fresh census numbers released Wednesday that shine new light on the struggle to make en

EDMONTON — The premiers of the three northern territories say they want the end of the federal department of northern affairs.

OTTAWA — Highlights from Statistics Canada's latest release Wednesday of census data, this one focused on Canadian income levels: — The median total income of Canadian households reached $70,336 in 2015, a 10.8 per cent increase from $63,457 in 2005.

TORONTO — "Mudbound" director and co-writer Dee Rees never imagined her exploration of white supremacy during the Second World War would end up echoing modern-day headlines.

EDMONTON — As Albertans ardently debate whether to keep changing their clocks, the government estimates that a referendum on a bill about ending the twice-yearly time change would cost millions.

TORONTO — An Ontario justice overstepped his authority when he ordered the attorney general to pay two lawyers the rates they wanted for helping out in a case involving a brutal child-custody dispute, the province's top court ruled Tuesday.

Allan J. MacEachen, a driving force behind social policy changes under two prime ministers, has died at the age of the 96 after a lifetime saturated with politics and parliamentary manoeuvres.

MONCTON, N.B. — Despite pleas from dentists to restore fluoride to the water supply in Moncton, N.B., at least one city councillor says he'll vote against it when council meets to make a decision next week.

At least 18 people are facing more than 80 charges in an alleged drug-trafficking operation that covered a large swath of southern Ontario.