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California would become the first state to require businesses to offer electronic receipts unless customers ask for paper copies under legislation proposed on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.

Donald Trump has affirmed his respect for judicial independence, the Prime Minister's Office says, less than a month after the U.S. president baldly said he would intervene in Meng Wanzhou's pending extradition from Canada if it would help forge a trade deal with China.

Russia's deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American with Canadian citizenship being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian.

Nancy Pelosi, a veteran Democrat brawler and vocal critic of Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, resumed her role on Thursday, January 3, 2019, as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman in history to hold the gavel twice in her political career.

North American markets were whipped lower on Thursday, January 3, 2019, after Apple's warning about weaker holiday sales particularly in China signalled that trade tariffs could take more a bigger bite out of corporate earnings.

Michigan's new governor and attorney general moved quickly on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, to review the legality of a contentious state deal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' decision to resign creates a void for Canada, says former Defence Minister Peter MacKay, because of Mattis's deep understanding of Canada's role in joint NATO and UN missions and good ties with Canadian security officials.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's administration on Friday appealed a state regulatory panel's approval of Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

The governors of Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico's Sonora state signed an agreement on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, to study a plan to export natural gas to Asia by connecting existing pipelines to move the fuel south to the Gulf of California.

Razak Iyal still wakes up in the middle of the night feeling the icy winds of Christmas Eve two years ago when his life drastically changed.

Canadian diplomats will be granted access "shortly" to the second Canadian detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, December 14, 2018, as he predicted consequences for Canada's economy from the U.S.-China trade war.

Canada's cumbersome extradition system means Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou could wait years before her case is resolved even if she will inevitably be committed to stand trial in the United States, legal experts say.

Police forces in cities across Canada investigated multiple bomb threats on Thursday, December 13, 2018, as authorities in the U.S. said similar threats sent to dozens of locations appeared to be a hoax.

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry arrived in Baghdad on a trade mission on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, urging Iraq to reduce its energy dependence on Iran and open its own energy sector to American investment.

Remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump could be used by Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to fight her extradition to the United States, Canada's foreign minister said on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.