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The federal government's decision on British Columbia's drug decriminalization threshold was based on police input, says Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions.

A former federal health minister who championed decriminalization in Canada says a three-year model approved for British Columbia may not provide ample evidence to ensure the success of a policy that should have been implemented across the country.

Canada's public safety minister says a proposal to reform the country's gun laws isn't meant to target farmers or other rural gun owners who use firearms recreationally or to help keep wildlife off their properties.

Red Cross hires security to protect vulnerable girls, young women from drug dealers, sex traffickers when it arranges urban accommodations for northern residents forced to flee disasters.

The $3.2-billion expansion of the existing White Rose oilfield, which has been operating since 2005, will extend its lifespan by 14 years.

As ice melts, navigable routes have opened in ways that were not expected until the middle of this century.

Catholic school boards in Halton and Hamilton are flying Pride flags over their schools and other buildings for the first time this month, a victory for LGBTQ+ advocates after strenuous opposition from some trustees.

Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives sailed to a second majority government Thursday.

The British Columbia Prosecution Service says 15 people are being charged with criminal contempt of court following protests last fall over a natural gas pipeline being built near Houston in northern B.C.

Residential school survivors say they hope the Pope's visit to Canada next month will include a direct apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in running the institutions.

Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of the cocktail of contaminants that tainted the drinking water in her North Alabama community.

The carcasses of thousands of white gannets have been covering the shores of Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine for the last two weeks, victims of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The agency that mediates disputes between Canada and the United States over shared waters is pleading with the federal Liberals to join an investigation into contamination from British Columbia coal mines before the Americans move on their own.

Google has taken the extraordinary step of writing to every MP and senator expressing fears that the online news bill is being rushed through Parliament without proper debate or consideration.

Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated around the globe in 1980.