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OTTAWA - Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced the launch of a $1.5-billion co-operative housing development program that the federal government promised in its 2022 budget. Fraser was in Winnipeg on...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are demanding that the Liberals release what they call a "secret report" that proves carbon pricing is harming Canadian families while the government says there simply is no...

A group of southern Alberta ranchers are turning to the province's top court in a final bid to block applications for coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains. Ron Davis, reeve of the Municipal Distric...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada marked a major turning point in its fight against inflation on Wednesday as it lowered its key interest rate for the first time in more than four years, making it the first...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's auditor says the province's carbon levy program for industrial emitters lacks public transparency. A report says the government has yet to fund any technologies to reduce emiss...

VANCOUVER - Women's Shelters Canada is calling on phone companies to adjust how they respond to those escaping from domestic violence, saying the costs of changing a phone number and difficulties leav...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - An incumbent district attorney pursing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin fended off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico's primary election on Tuesday to e...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's auditor general has uncovered evidence of school bus drivers failing to meet licensing, training and criminal record check requirements, saying these lapses are putting s...

OTTAWA - Government organizations frequently disregarded federal contracting and procurement rules when awarding contracts to consulting firm McKinsey & Company, the auditor general concluded in a...