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VANCOUVER — A small First Nation on British Columbia’s Central Coast is taking the attorney general of Canada to court, arguing its Charter rights have been violated because the RCMP refuses to enforce its bylaws.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford highlighted the renewed threat of U.S. tariffs Tuesday to hammer home the central message of his campaign in the final days of the snap election.

OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed Inuk leader Aluki Kotierk to head an external review of a northern food subsidy program.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he will be stepping down after nearly five years in power, making him the second Atlantic premier in less than a week to resign citing the rigours of the job.

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty is headed to Washington to discuss the latest efforts by Canada and the United States to fight deadly fentanyl.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa seeks to deepen its intelligence sharing with European partners, as Washington diverges on issues like Ukraine. Intelligence experts have expressed concern about U.S.

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. — A federal inmate serving time for murder who vanished on Monday from a prison north of Montreal was arrested hours later in Toronto.

An earthquake has struck off the British Columbia coast, less than four days after major population centres were shaken by a similar-sized tremor.

OTTAWA — Canada's provincial governments have enough fiscal firepower to respond to looming U.S. tariffs without supersizing their debt burdens, a new report says.

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