Canada is forming a 'strategic partnership' with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Carney is making the first official bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey.

The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will hear an appeal that will determine if Ottawa’s ban on single-use plastics can stay in place.

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