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OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has the wiggle room to add billions more in permanent spending before its finances become unsustainable.

TORONTO — Deciding on the fly whether to air in real time U.S. President Donald Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud is a tricky dilemma that defies easy solutions, broadcast journalists and observers said on Friday.

OTTAWA — A Supreme Court of Canada ruling has dealt a blow to Mr. Sub franchisees in their quest for compensation over losses experienced during a Listeria outbreak.

FREDERICTON — A psychiatrist testified Friday that the man accused of shooting to death four people in Fredericton two years ago was quiet, docile and “wouldn’t hurt a fly” until mental illness plunged him into delusions of a world populated by demon

OTTAWA — Canadians from coast to coast to coast will mark Remembrance Day on Wednesday, once again taking a moment to honour and remember those who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values and its principles.

OTTAWA — Annie McNamara was in a hostel in Piccadilly Circus when the news came that Nazi Germany had been defeated.

OTTAWA — A Manitoba man facing weapons charges and another of threatening the prime minister is expected back in court next month in advance of a possible plea in his case.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, Nov. 6: What we are watching ...

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was grilled Thursday over the mounting cost of providing relief programs to help Canadians and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

PHILADELPHIA — The two sides of America's great political divide converged Thursday in downtown Philadelphia, maintaining an uneasy peace as they stood vigil over the painstaking process of identifying the next president of the United States.