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Extraordinary powers granted to police under the Emergencies Act weren't used to clear protest blockades at Canada's border crossings, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

NDP caucus chair Jenny Kwan says she is seeking urgent answers about what has happened to the applications of 2,900 Afghans who helped the Canadian military.

Indigenous leaders in Quebec say the government's French-language bill is destructive, paternalistic and could put the survival of First Nations languages at risk.

The destruction of coastal black bear dens from old-growth logging puts the future of the culturally iconic species at risk, say scientists, First Nations and conservationists.

In an ongoing climate lawsuit, the Doug Ford government put forward testimony from an academic who doubts basic climate science and an economist who argues Ontario’s emissions “do not have a decisive impact” on whether Canada meets its climate goals.

Billions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on the Earth, a global review finds.

The Alberta Court of Appeal's strongly worded opinion said the Impact Assessment Act is an "existential threat" to the division of powers guaranteed by the Constitution and has taken a "wrecking ball" to Constitutional rights of the citizens of Alberta and Saskatchewan. 

Earlier this week, Edmonton-Griesbach’s MP demanded answers from an oil and gas industry representative on whether companies intend to cough up an estimated $253 million owed to rural communities in Alberta.

Mary Simon faced some tough questions in three languages on Monday, May 9, 2022, from students at the Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, a community in northern Quebec.

Nine-year-old Zoriana Shapoval had barely rounded the corner at the St. John's International Airport on Monday, May 9, 2022, night when she saw her big sister Sofiia Shapoval waiting in the crowd, and ran straight for her outstretched arms.

Canada needs to turn its COVID-19 aid attention to expanding vaccine production everywhere or the virus will continue to run wild, mutate and bring new waves of disease, says a prominent expert.

A new analysis of government finances across the country says revenues were much stronger than expected in the last year due to higher inflation and economic growth.

The federal government’s highly touted national child-care program aims to make care more affordable for parents, but a new study suggests just how much fees are reduced will depend on where they live.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made energy independence more important than ever during a climate conference in South Florida on Monday, May 9, 2022.

Canadian hospitals and health systems are still struggling through the ebb and flow of COVID-19, leading to long delays for elective procedures, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows.