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International scientists and environmental groups are urging Canada to join the tide of nations calling for a pause on deep-sea mining over worries a potential gold rush could destroy species and ecosystems before they are even discovered.

Almost two-thirds of sharks and rays living on the world’s coral reefs are at risk, with 14 of 134 species deemed critically endangered.

A fireside chat between the International Energy Agency's top boss and Canada's natural resources minister underscores competing visions for the country's energy future.

Victoria’s Capital Daily was profitable, popular and a critical darling. Then the owners of Overstory Media Group fired most of its staff.

Former Conservative interim leader and longtime Manitoba member of Parliament Candice Bergen announced on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, she is stepping down.

Canada's new special representative on combating Islamophobia has apologized for words that hurt Quebecers after leaders in that province called for her resignation.

Saskatchewan’s justice minister, while promoting a bill she touts as giving the province more autonomy, says Ottawa’s actions have a larger effect on investor confidence than pushback on the legislation from Indigenous and environmental groups.

Dominic Barton, the former global managing director of McKinsey & Company, says he had no involvement in federal contracts awarded to the firm in recent years.

In the 138 years since an Indigenous house post was chopped down and ordered burned by missionaries, it was sold under duress, damaged and displayed as a historic oddity, donated to a museum, then packed away in storage for decades.

Members of Parliament have unanimously called on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China.

Premiers have expressed optimism about striking an improved national health funding deal with the federal government, ahead of next week's meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Global energy giant Shell said on Thursday that its annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and natural gas prices soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The federal government is expected to introduce a law as early as Thursday to delay the extension of medically assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder.

An exhibition of Carl Beam's Charity Works collection carried on its original spirit. In 1999, proceeds of sales from the works supported Indigenous organizations, and in 2023, the same is taking place at Wabano.

One year later, researchers are still marvelling at the power of the Hunga Tonga explosion — and wondering how to monitor hundreds of other undersea volcanoes.