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Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks. "We feel that our mine plan that we are going t...

OTTAWA - The head of an independent advisory board on Supreme Court appointments said the body was "very keen" to find an Indigenous candidate to fill the latest vacancy. But Kim Campbell suggested at...

Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger. UNESCO ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is a fundamental difference between Canada's troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, and China's systemic abuse and human rights violations aga...

OTTAWA - The commission of the official leaders' debates for Canada's elections says one of the criteria for participating in the next set is parties must have at least four per cent of national suppo...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 8 p.m. Yukon is recording eight new COVID-19 cases. Chief medical health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley says in a news release there...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - In the four months before former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017, his case manager with Veterans Affairs was frustrated by bureaucratic barriers th...

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman Greg Lick is demanding the federal Liberal government end the "cycle of scandals" and immediately grant his office true independence and oversight powers over the ...

MADRID (AP) - Nine Catalan separatist leaders jailed for sedition were eyeing freedom, after Spain's Cabinet pardoned them Tuesday in the hope of starting what Prime Minister Pedro Snchez called a muc...

TORONTO - Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo failed in his second parole bid on Tuesday after the parents of two of his victims recounted the enduring pain of his twisted crimes and warned he...