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OTTAWA — The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at the age of 88. A post on social media from the Aga Khan Development Network says he passed away peacefully today in Lisbon, surrounded by his family.

Ontario's Liberals and NDP are using a pause in the tariff threat from the United States to begin a new chapter in the provincial election, focusing on issues such as health care and education, but Doug Ford doesn't appear ready to turn the page.

MONTREAL — A Quebec labour group is urging governments and the public to boycott Amazon because the online retail giant announced the closure of its seven warehouses in the province a few months after workers at one of the facilities voted to unioniz

OTTAWA — To justify his executive order imposing stiff tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, U.S. President Donald Trump cited an "extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault welcomed news that Canada would not be hit with United States tariffs for another month, but he said Monday that uncertainty continues to hang over the economy like a "dagger over our heads.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Despite tariff pause, uncertainty hangs over Canadian economy Uncertainty still hangs over the Canadian economy despite U.S.

Some Canadians are rallying around their identity by "making more conscious choices about the brands that they support."

VICTORIA — A wide shadow of uncertainty has been cast over Canada's forestry sector by U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on its lumber products, a measure now delayed by a month.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is pausing its response to threatened tariffs by the United States after a 30-day reprieve was negotiated, but Premier David Eby says they'll keep planning to shift the provincial trade relationship away from America.

VICTORIA — Canada's chief justice said he wanted to "bring the Supreme Court closer to Canadians" at a time of increasing misinformation, as he and other justices launched a cross-country tour to mark the court's 150th anniversary.