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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has tapped former envoy to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale and past leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Erin O’Toole to join a newly formed council meant to advise his government on Canada-U.S. relations.  The Prime Minister’s Office announced the list of names on Tuesday, some of whom…

Peter Qayutinuak Jr. was part of a group of five Taloyoak, Nunavut, residents who were headed for Gjoa Haven on snowmobiles on Apr. 7 for a volleyball tournament. There was a blizzard and they tried to beat it, but Qayutinuak ended up getting separated from the group, and he wasn’t found for another three days.

As it prepares an update on its finances next week, Canada has received praise from some lofty channels. “Across the Group of Seven, Canada’s probably in the strongest position fiscally,” Nigel Chalk, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Western Hemisphere Department, said last week in an Bloomberg interview in Washington. What does Canada have going…

Devices that look for weapons or items that could be used as a weapon were installed at the Halifax Infirmary following a stabbing last year. Some of the items now in the hospital’s possession include knives, box cutters, a hacksaw and what one official calls “improvised weapons.”

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation has purchased clothing manufacturer Freed & Freed International Ltd. on Friday, saying it sees economic and procurement opportunities within the industry, as well as an oportunity to provide jobs and skills.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will name a new advisory council on Canada and U.S. trade on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

A man found not criminally responsible on three counts of attempted murder for a March 2016 knife attack at a Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Toronto has been granted a three-week travel pass for Saudi Arabia and Somalia, despite the fact that he “continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.” Ayanle Hassan Ali,…

Polymarket is seeking an additional US$400 million in funding, according to people familiar with the negotiations, after securing US$600 million at a US$15 billion valuation last month. The new deal brings the prediction market startup’s value up from US$9 billion last year, when Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) , the parent company of the New York…

Amazon.com Inc. coerced Levi Strauss & Co. and other prominent brands into an alleged price-fixing scheme that influenced costs for a wide variety of goods on retail websites operated by Walmart Inc., Target Corp., Home Depot Inc., Chewy Inc. and others, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The filing is part of California Attorney General…

A Canadian tourist was killed at one of Mexico’s top tourist sites while another four people were wounded from gunshots, according to local security officials, in a rare case of violence at the ancient ruins of Teotihuacán . Two other visitors were injured from falls, the State of Mexico’s security ministry said in a statement,…