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VICTORIA — A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally.

WASHINGTON — A Republican senator from Iowa is pleading for an exemption for potash if U.S. President Donald Trump triggers a trade war by imposing steep tariffs on Canadian imports.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet European leaders and the head of NATO next week as Canada reaches out to allies reeling under the impact of the new Trump administration in the United States.

VANCOUVER — A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for sexual assault.

OTTAWA — Canada's federal public service grew by more than 100,000 people over the past 10 years, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are looking to trim it by not filling jobs when they are left vacant.

REGINA — Four deaths on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation in southern Saskatchewan are being treated as homicides, RCMP said Wednesday. RCMP Inspector Ashley St.

MONTREAL — Quebec City officials are urging the public not to boo the preteen American hockey players who will be in town for a prestigious international peewee tournament that begins next week.

EDMONTON — Canadian investigators were effectively cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and production well before U.S.

Ontario's main political parties pivoted to affordability measures Wednesday, as the threat of U.S. tariffs took a back seat on the campaign trail.

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney has pledged to hit Canada's NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade — two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's schedule.