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OTTAWA — New Democrats want the federal government to take back the $12 million pledged to Loblaw Co. to help the grocery retailer upgrade its fridges to higher efficiency models. NDP MP Daniel Blaikie tabled the opposition motion Monday to “put people first.” Text of the motion claims the government has given corporate executives and…

The director John Singleton, the first African American filmmaker to receive a Best Director Oscar nomination, died Monday at age 51 after suffering a stroke earlier this month, his family confirmed to The Associated Press. “We are sad to relay that John Singleton has died. John passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends,”…

OTTAWA — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend has offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyielding strain with its two top trading partners. Canada finds itself between a rock and a hard place with the United States and China:…

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls “false and defamatory” tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election. Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, as well as a member of the board of trustees of…

QUEBEC — The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau, Raymond Bissonnette says the label has “greatly increased” the danger to his family. He says while his son’s crimes were “of the…

OTTAWA — Big business leaders worried about Canada’s aging demographics have been urging political parties to avoid inflaming the immigration debate ahead of this fall’s federal election. The head of the lobby group representing chief executives of Canada’s largest corporations said he’s already raised the issue with political leaders who are shifting into campaign mode…

KANATA, ONT. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer didn’t have much to say Thursday about a private conference he held with oil executives earlier this month to iron out a plan to boot the Liberals from government. “I meet with people all the time. I meet with different representatives of many different types of industries,” Scheer…

OTTAWA — Two of Canada’s biggest cities have declared states of emergency and three provinces have asked for federal help to fight rising flood waters as Mother Nature’s wet wrath of spring marches across central Canada and the Atlantic. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said Friday after afternoon that her city had felt it had matters…

CALGARY — Members of the University of Calgary men’s basketball team are mourning the loss of teammate Andrew Milner after his body was found in Moyie Lake in southeastern British Columbia. Cranbrook RCMP say two men were canoeing on the lake Tuesday when it tipped. One of the canoeists made it to shore. Also On…

OTTAWA — Facebook’s ineffective safeguards allowed unauthorized access to the information of millions of the social-media giant’s users — including data later used for political purposes, the federal and B.C. privacy watchdogs said Thursday. A long-awaited joint report from the two privacy commissioners found major shortcomings in Facebook’s practices and called for stronger laws to…