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"I already knew going to the moon was hard," Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen quipped Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center. "That's why we're doing it — I already knew it was hard. But boy, it's harder than I thought." 

OTTAWA — The federal government is to tie billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for provincial electricity projects to progress toward Ottawa's target for an emissions-free electricity grid by 2035.

Ottawa introduced a new three-year pilot program Tuesday that would incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers.

MONTREAL — Twenty-two people died in crashes on the province's roads and trails over the past two weeks, marking a particularly deadly summer holiday period, Quebec provincial police said Tuesday.

Montreal police say they're are investigating a suspicious overnight fire that caused significant damage at a light rail station under construction. Const.

OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning Iran's new security chief, alongside six Iranians accused of destabilizing the Middle East and Ukraine.

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MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canadians want to see the military come to their aid during natural disasters, and the Armed Forces will remain a key part of the government's response.

The RCMP braced for backlash across rural Saskatchewan and kept a close eye on Indigenous groups after the not guilty verdict of a farmer charged in the death of Colten Boushie, emails show.