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OTTAWA — More than 67 per cent of the drugs seized during a month-long cross-country Canada Border Services Agency operation were coming into Canada from the United States, the agency says. Operation Blizzard took place from Feb.

Canada's main stock index ticked higher and U.S. markets drifted lower on Wednesday, as investors braced for earnings from U.S. tech heavyweight Nvidia after the bell and GDP numbers later in the week. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 14.

CALGARY — A report says lax manufacturing standards more than 50 years ago and the breakdown of pipe materials likely caused the water main break that crippled Calgary's water supply last year.

HALIFAX — The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia's electric utility.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more huma

MONTREAL — Workers in Quebec's residential construction sector officially began striking on Wednesday after last-minute talks failed to yield a deal.

The federal agriculture minister says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is following "due process" as it prepares for a cull of about 400 ostriches at a farm in British Columbia. Protesters have called for the ostriches at the farm in Edgewood, B.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed lower a day after leaping back within a few good days’ worth of gains from their all-time high. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Wednesday after meandering between earlier gains and losses.

A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don't have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat.

OTTAWA — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday Canada has invited her to attend the G7 leaders' summit next month in Alberta but she hasn't decided yet if she'll attend.