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The Tim Hortons mobile ordering app violated the law by collecting vast amounts of location information from customers, an investigation by federal and provincial privacy watchdogs has found.

Members of Parliament unanimously voted on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, to clamp down on modern slavery by backing a bill requiring Canadian companies to ensure they are not using forced labour or exploiting child workers overseas.

The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris: Remnants of cabinets and chunks of pink shower marble lie between dumpsters. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles more than a year after Hurricane Laura tore through Lake Charles.

Uruguay, Portugal, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and the state of Oregon all have introduced some form of decriminalization in an effort to curb overdose deaths.

The grieving moms who headed to Ottawa Wednesday to urge federal MPs to support a bill designed to tackle the deadly toxic drug crisis found their pleas fell on deaf ears.

Little more than 20 years ago, the Campbell River estuary was an industrial wasteland. Its restoration illustrates what can be achieved as governments and conservation groups undertake a massive push to save the critical ecosystems and salmon in a race against climate change. 

Young people in Canada are much more likely to experience online harassment than older internet users, but the visibility of such abuse has halved since 2019, according to a poll conducted for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority.

A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up.

Under the watchful eye of local police, more than 100 anti-war protesters obstructed access to Canada’s largest weapons and defence fair Wednesday to condemn war profiteering.

COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

An outspoken critic of the Liberal government's online streaming bill received funding from two of the biggest digital platforms in the world.

It will be cheaper to fly from Montreal to some of Quebec’s northern regions than to Europe starting June 1.

Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest promised on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, to subject a national ban on so-called assault-style firearms to a classification review by a panel of experts.

A woman believed to be the girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin was among 22 individuals added to the list of Russians sanctioned by Canada over the war in Ukraine.

Ottawa and Northwest Territories are in discussions with a large American charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conservation areas on their traditional lands.