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OTTAWA — The federal government will begin early in the new year the search for a new head of CBC/Radio-Canada, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said Tuesday as she faced questions about her confidence in its current leader.

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OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's government has had to weather many storms over the last eight years. The SNC-Lavalin controversy. An old yearbook photo with the prime minister in blackface. Multiple ethics violations. The COVID-19 pandemic.

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VICTORIA — The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British Columbia politics occurred in the summer byelection to fill the seat vacated by former New Democrat premier John Horgan.

OTTAWA — Canada's tax on Netflix and other foreign digital services companies may be a major irritant for the U.S. tech sector, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it doesn't seem to be much concern to President Joe Biden.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled much-anticipated legislation Monday that aims to improve water quality in First Nations communities, improve collaboration on water protection and codify a new First Nations-led commission.

VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial said police told him a person close to the proceeding brought a handgun into the Vancouver courtroom on Friday with "intent to kill.

CALGARY — A patch of black ash covered snow outside a Calgary home improvement store where three people died early Monday in a shed fire.