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Provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it, economists say.

Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island will all see the federal charge, often referred to as a carbon tax, go into effect after failing to propose province-led plans that meet climate standards, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Tuesday.

Filmmaker Michael Zelniker says the film is not his story, but those of the Elders who shared their knowledge and stories with him. Now, Zelniker hopes politicians will listen to the Elders and act.

A member of the RCMP’s controversial Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) resigned from the unit over concerns about “unjustifiable” police behaviour during a crackdown on Fairy Creek old-growth activists, a freedom-of-information request shows.

Canada was one of more than 80 countries to call for the phasedown of unabated fossil fuels as COP27 negotiations went into overtime.

Captive-breeding programs lead to shorter wingspans in birds and behavioural changes that leave animals more vulnerable to predators, a global study finds.

Canadian members of Parliament passed a unanimous motion on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, condemning FIFA's decision to threaten on-field punishment if soccer players in the World Cup wear armbands supportive of the LGBTQ community.

All large greenhouse gas emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be regulated by the provincial government after Ottawa ruled the plan meets national standards.

The night before the Liberal government took the drastic step of invoking the Emergencies Act, the head of the RCMP sent a cautionary email to the federal public safety minister's office.

Vancouver City Council approved up to $16 million for 100 new police and 100 mental-health nurses on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, part of the campaign platform of newly elected Mayor Ken Sim.

Premier Danielle Smith, with Alberta enjoying billions of dollars in surplus cash, announced on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, a batch of inflation-fighting relief aid, particularly for families, seniors and the vulnerable. 

As millions of people travel the interstates for American Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason — no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.

The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona.

For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen.