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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste officially joined the Liberal leadership race Thursday, saying he knows he is facing steep odds in his bid to become Canada's first Indigenous prime minister.

WASHINGTON — Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's push for the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of oil conflicts with the Republican leader's own plans to make America energy-dominant.

Ed Archie NoiseCat says he's excited his son Julian Brave NoiseCat's documentary about a residential school in Canada has been nominated for an Oscar — and he hopes the recognition will bring more awareness about the abuses committed there.

MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago.

OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says her promise to repeal changes to the capital gains tax was made in response to Donald Trump's election in the United States.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington.

MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law sets up a final legal battle between the provincial government and minority and civil rights groups — and possibly a showdown between Quebec and Ottawa.

IQALUIT — A Catholic priest's sex assaults on Inuit children decades ago in Igloolik, Nvt., transformed a once friendly and trusting hamlet into a place marred by anger and addiction, court heard Thursday.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. Candidates must declare by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 with a $50,000 deposit towards a $350,000 fee to enter the race.

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which prohibits public sector workers in positions of authority, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols o