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Manitoba's children's advocate says an Indigenous teenager was left homeless and at risk for sexual exploitation when she asked social agencies for help in the weeks before she was found dead in a river but was told there were no beds available.

Poverty and climate change are perhaps the most significant challenges to the sustainability of Canadian diets. Does Canada's Food Guide address those issues? Trevor Rous tackles the question.

Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look with an eye to changes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

In October, the B.C. government celebrated a decision by private-sector investors to proceed with LNG Canada, a $40 billion infrastructure project in Kitimat to export “natural” gas. Why are so many media and government announcements  studiously avoiding the “F” word?

Leah was 17 when she first flew to Montreal, in early fall of 2002, and she was scared of heights. As the plane lifted above Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, she kept her eyes on her ten-month-old daughter, Katie. She had never had a bird’s-eye view of her town, built along the Koksoak River, but she couldn’t bear to look down.

A march that began as a protest against a newly minted American president has morphed into a broad pushback against long-standing systems and a call for empowerment for all marginalized groups, advocates and organizers said on Friday, January 19, 2018.

One month into her new job as Canada's Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science.

When a group of researchers studying connections between public health and climate change in Canada tried to look into the impact of fracking on Indigenous communities, they made a startling discovery.

Hilary Mason knows what it feels like to give birth only to have her newborn son whisked from her arms into the care of medical staff in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Canada's doctors have a major role to play in improving the health of the country's most vulnerable populations.

A cursory public inquiry simply won't be enough to get to the heart of the issue, say two advocacy groups for the elderly, after eight seniors were murdered under the care of a single nurse.

Over the past 12 years, six provinces have banned junk food from schools, and a new study says the measure is having a positive impact on student health.

A parliamentary committee's proposed update of federal law to greatly improve protection against toxic substances is long overdue, says Liberal MP William Amos.

“I want the premier to look me in the eyes and take responsibility for the destruction and heartache her government has caused," said the sister of a fired worker who committed suicide.

A new report shows Norway is the happiest country on Earth, Americans are getting sadder, and it takes more than just money to be happy.