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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court put its conservative slant — and its ever-more-combative liberal minority — on stark display Friday as it rejected federal plans to forgive student debt and backed businesses that refuse to serve same-sex couples.

MONTREAL — Evacuation orders were starting to lift on Friday for Quebec residents directly affected by wildfires, but the blazes were still causing poor air quality across much of the province.

VICTORIA — Critical strategy shifts are urgently needed to cut the risk of catastrophic wildfires in British Columbia forests that threaten to decimate ecosystems and communities, says an independent forests watchdog report. The B.C.

VANCOUVER — When the Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect in 1923, it didn't just effectively halt Chinese immigration to Canada — it extinguished the family lines of thousands of labourers already here.

OTTAWA — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, actor and writer Dan Levy and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada's highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen.

OTTAWA — A woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentencing would face "a kind of double punishment" if she were now handed an additional, mandatory one-year prohibition, Canada's top court has ruled.

As Jeremy Hansen prepares for his mission around the moon, the Ontario-born astronaut is thinking about the ways Canada could help tackle some of the world's most pressing problems.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Wilbur Turner has witnessed his fair share of hate since he came out as a queer man 27 years ago in Alberta.

The word "crisis" comes up quickly when speaking with those who run food banks across Canada.