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OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says t...

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau literally rubbed elbows with Alberta's premier and Calgary's mayor Wednesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic before making a major transit announ...

OTTAWA - A virtual vote will determine who will lead the Assembly of First Nations as its next national chief. Seven candidates are vying to replace outgoing National Chief Perry Bellegarde in the ele...

Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance betwee...

LYTTON, B.C. - One of two rail companies with routes through Lytton, B.C., says it has resumed service after a wildfire devastated the village last week, a move one First Nations leader says he's will...

OTTAWA - When Mary Simon uttered her first words as Canada's next governor general in her native language of Inuktitut, a collective thrill was felt among many Inuit and other Indigenous people across...

Growing up in northern Quebec, Mary Simon was taught by her grandmother to respect elders and to always be kind. Raised in a family of eight children - four brothers and four sisters - Simon experienc...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians, Indigenous groups and others were quick to weigh in following Mary Simon's appointment as Canada's next governor general on Tuesday. Here is some of what they said: "This...

MONTREAL - The Kahnawake Mohawk community south of Montreal has a long tradition of female leadership but has never had a female grand chief - until now. Over the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, ...