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OTTAWA - A tornado ripped through the Ottawa area Friday afternoon, damaging homes and vehicles and sending several people to hospital as severe thunderstorms and high wind gusts also pounded southern Ontario.

TORONTO — The federal government signed a bilateral agreement Thursday with British Columbia that will see $71.7 million go toward addressing the opioids issue, with $33.98 million coming from Ottawa and the balance from the province.

While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa will wait to hear more details from Saudi Arabia before responding to the country’s decision to freeze new trade deals and expel Canada’s ambassador, she defended Canada’s position, insisti

VANCOUVER — Telus Health is plunging into the business of elite medical clinics, spending just over $100 million to acquire Medisys-owned corporate and employee health clinics across Canada.

British Columbians worried that the province’s new union-only construction rules will drive up costs should wait and see how Metro 91Ô­´´â€™s new Pattullo Bridge replacement project turns out, says Premier John Horgan.

SEATTLE — An endangered orca that spends time in 91Ô­´´ Northwest waters is still carrying the corpse of her calf one week after it died.

The Royal B.C. Museum is teaming up with the Health Ministry to launch a pole-carving program aimed at symbolizing reconciliation and healing.

TORONTO — Doug Ford rode a populist wave to power in Ontario on Thursday, capturing a Progressive Conservative majority by harnessing voters’ economic anxiety and anger with a scandal-plagued Liberal government.

OTTAWA — The federal government is spending $4.