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OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre returned to Ottawa on Thursday after the holidays with a familiar demand for Justin Trudeau: call a carbon-tax election. Neither Trudeau's announcement that he plans to resign as Liberal leader nor U.S.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December Statistics Canada will release the country's job report for December this morning.

OTTAWA — The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog will have.

A lack of historical region-specific data across parts of Africa, plus a major deficit in weather stations compared to North America and Europe, has contributed to uncertainty when it comes to climate models.

Potential candidates have just two weeks to decide to run and potential voters less than three weeks to join the party in order to vote.

OTTAWA — A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to vote for its next leader.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Canadian military personnel, their equipment and another 250 firefighters stand "ready to support our American neighbours" as wildfires devastate parts of Southern California.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — One of two men who became the faces of a blockade at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 offered a public apology Thursday at the end of sentencing arguments.

OTTAWA — The Liberal party's political upheaval and Donald Trump's return to the White House have Ukrainian-Canadians hoping Ottawa's support for Ukraine remains firm.

OTTAWA — It would be a "deep disappointment" if a First Nations drinking water bill dies completely before the next election, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday.