Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he would like to see Canada welcome more refugees than it currently accepts and believes more of them should be able to enter through economic immigration programs.
More than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were caused by entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collisions, a new study reports.
A site has been officially approved for the federal government's promised national monument for the war in Afghanistan, five years after the memorial was first promised.
Two family doctors and an orthopedic surgeon told a British Columbia coroner's inquest on Thursday, June 20, 2019, about the dilemmas they faced treating a 16-year-old patient who denied he was abusing drugs but showed signs of a growing opioid addiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador has achieved a rare win in its long-standing battle with Hydro-Quebec over a 50-year-old agreement on sales of power from the Churchill Falls generating station.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice on Thursday, June 20, 2019, to the growing opposition to Quebec's new law prohibiting teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.
The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, June 20, 2019, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations.
A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, June 20, 2019, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.
Dean French, widely seen as the driving force behind Doug Ford's rise to the leadership of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party and subsequent election victory, resigned as his chief of staff on Friday, the premier's office said. Ford overhauled his cabinet the previous day, demoting his finance, education and social service ministers after his first budget's cuts proved unpopular.
A prominent Quebec environmentalist and star Liberal recruit Steven Guilbeault reveals what happened after he told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he didn't support the government's decision to re-approve the Trans Mountain oil pipeline and tanker expansion project.
In one breath, the leader of the People's Party of Canada said "there is no climate change urgency in this country," promised to deliver "politics based on fact" and assured observers his party would deliver "a concrete environment plan."