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OTTAWA—The federal government says the RCMP is working with financial institutions to “unfreeze” bank accounts locked by emergency orders that targeted people who organized, participated in, or donated to the so-called Freedom Convoy blockades. Isabelle Jacques, assistant deputy minister of finance, told a Commons standing committee Tuesday that the RCMP began “sharing information” — related to the end of “unlawful” blockades — with banks and financial institutions as of Monday that should lead to affected accounts being “unfrozen.”

Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election defied long odds and the widespread assumption that Hillary Clinton had the contest in the bag. That experience led many to suspect that — no matter how big Joe Biden's lead is this time — it's inevitable that Trump will prove the polls wrong again. That's a possibility, of course. But a lot has changed since 2016. The CBC's Presidential Poll Tracker gave Clinton a 3.4-point lead in national polls over Trump on election day. She was projected to win North Carolina and Florida by narrow margins, with Michigan, Pennsylvania and...

Dozens of anti-pipeline and oilsands activists gathered Saturday in downtown Calgary as part of a nation-wide protest focusing on climate change. The peaceful gathering in Calgary, held inside the Plus—15 walkway between the headquarters of Enbridge and TransCanada Corp., was part of the Defend Our Climate protest that took place in 130 communities across Canada. Originally about 300 people were slated to participate in the Calgary protest, but due to a snow storm only about 50 showed up.

  The Paul Martin for dummies testLorrie Goldstein Sun, June 26, 2005 Lorrie Goldstein has a quick quiz to find out if you know where the PM stands on the issues -- don't worry, nobody fails GOOD MORNING class, and welcome to Comfy Fur University and our summer seminar, "Understanding Paul Martin, 101." During the next six weeks we'll be studying what the prime minister of Canada says and then trying to figure out what he means. As you can imagine, we have loads of course material to cover and very little time to do it in, so if...

Disgruntled Democrats looking to leave U.S. told to wait in line Canada has a message for angry Americans looking to leave the U.S. because of their disdain for President Bush's re-election: not so fast. Officials say disgruntled Democrats would have to wait their turn and follow the proper immigration procedures, which often take up to a year to complete.