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The Métis Nation — Saskatchewan is pulling its support for a federal bill that proposes to enshrine its self-government over concerns about the other two groups it recognizes.

Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan on Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate.

Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging a federal inquiry to refrain from making final conclusions about the integrity of the last two general elections, saying it is too early to do so.

The United Arab Emirates struggled on Thursday to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads.

After facing severe political blowback for its carbon tax exemption on home heating oil last fall, Ottawa is caving to complaints again and doubling rebates for First Nations governments.

Sulfolane was long thought to be harmless but now there is growing evidence of its toxicity — and emerging calls to clean it up.

Researchers, biologists, and Indigenous communities work together to bring eelgrass — with its role in creating healthy shorelines and its capacity for carbon storage — back to Nova Scotia coastlines.

That’s according to Kimberly Yazzie, a Diné researcher in ecology at Stanford University, who has seen how Indigenous communities have been harmed in the race to establish wind, solar, and mining projects.

In the months before the federal budget was released, scores of meetings were recorded between fossil fuel industry representatives and the federal government. With a key ask from climate advocates ignored, who is Finance Canada listening to?

With a variety of fiscal and policy measures announced in the federal budget, here's a look at some of the winners and losers:

The Calgary-based pipeline operator confirmed the rupture in a statement late Tuesday afternoon. 

The three were on trial in Court of King's Bench for their roles in a blockade that tied up cross-border traffic between Canada and the United States at Coutts for two weeks in early 2022 in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions. 

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a federal budget on Tuesday that keeps the deficit capped at $40 billion, thanks to higher-than-expected government revenues and new taxes that largely offset billions in new spending.

The investment in the Sir Adam Beck generating stations fed by nearby Niagara Falls aims to secure up to 1,700 megawatts of clean electricity for an additional three decades.

Cash for home retrofits and a new investment tax credit to bolster electric vehicle supply chains are among the most notable climate measures in Budget 2024.