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VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta's oil to get to the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs starting Feb. 1 on Canada and Mexico because he says both countries are allowing a "vast number" of people and fentanyl to come into the United States.

OTTAWA — A prominent trans activist wants Canada to update its travel safety guidelines for the United States following President Donald Trump's executive order limiting gender expression to male or female.

A wildlife team from the United States has begun capturing grey wolves in British Columbia for release in Colorado after voters in the state approved a proposal to reintroduce the animals, which have been "functionally extinct" there for 75 years.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate ticked lower in December, thanks in part to Ottawa's temporary GST tax break, but economists still see interest rate cuts on the horizon as potential tariffs loom.

OTTAWA — The leader of the Bloc Québécois says Canada is playing with fire by suggesting it could cut oil or electricity exports to the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to impose tariffs on Canadian goods.

LONDON, Ont. — More legal arguments are expected next week in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team as they prepare to face trial this spring.

MONTREAL — Three men are facing conspiracy charges in Quebec after allegedly helping to smuggle temporary foreign workers across the border into the United States, the RCMP said Tuesday.

The authors suggest one of the main drivers of the tundra's shift from CO2 absorber to emitter could be thawing permafrost, which covers almost half of Canada's land mass.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.8 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says.