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Canada's economy is facing a "turbulent" year, but the federal government still has some spending room for big priorities including a new health-care deal with the provinces, Associate Finance Minister Randy Boissonnault said on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet.

Since Grey Owl a century ago, people of European descent have falsely claimed to be Indigenous for personal gain or a sense of absolution, but one Métis legal expert says it would take a psychiatrist to try to fully answer, "why?"

RBC keeps pouring billions into fossil fuel expansion despite making net-zero promises. Now, New York City pension plans are trying to force RBC to disclose the full extent of the emissions the bank is responsible for.

Critics are calling for better oversight of Canada's pesticide regulator following revelations the agency repeatedly ignored red flags raised by its own scientists about the pesticide chlorpyrifos. 

The Native Women's Association of Canada's "Change the Bill" campaign reimagines the $20 banknote with a diversity of Indigenous designs and the celebration and recognition of the contributions of Indigenous women.

About 10 years ago, San Francisco began to turn, in part, to a simple flooding solution — planting dozens of public rain gardens.

Study co-author Kieran Cox of Simon Fraser University said sound is a medium for fish to exchange large amounts of information, just as humans do.

New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected.

The Northwest Territories is considering whether to end seasonal time changes after a survey suggested there's interest in the move.

To advocate for Nazism is to call for the persecution of Jews, a Quebec court judge ruled on Monday, January 23, 2023, in a decision against a 36-year-old man who wrote hundreds of online articles for an American neo-Nazi website.

Canada's premiers are waiting to see if the federal cabinet can make headway towards a new deal on health-care funding as the ministers meet for a retreat in Hamilton this week.

The Liberal cabinet will head into the second of a three-day retreat in Hamilton today with a lengthy to-do list, including tackling inflation and making the country more competitive.

Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a new report released by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies.