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The federal government will provide another $12.1 million to help the people of Yemen survive what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is hanging out with some heavy hitters these days — names like Michelle Obama and Martha Washington. She eats fruit and tree bark, and spends her time caring for her nine-month-old son. She does not, however, do yoga.

A gathering of foreign ministers in Vancouver today aims to discuss the perils posed by North Korea is expected to focus on sanctions, non-proliferation and diplomacy.

Many, many countries with far fewer resources and far less wealth have accepted more of those in need than Canada. We can do better.

Canada abstained from a contentious United Nations vote on Thursday, December 21, 2017, that delivered a resounding rebuke to Donald Trump over his decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got eight provinces and all three territories to agree to put a price on pollution as part of a national climate change plan.

Canada and Quebec should look at their own records before "giving lessons" to other jurisdictions about human rights, Julie Miville-Dechêne, Quebec’s newly-appointed international envoy for human rights, told an international conference in Montreal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will personally reveal today, Nov. 15, 2017, what Canada has offered to provide the United Nations in terms of troops and military equipment for peacekeeping missions.

One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is one of the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. "This is quite embarrassing," said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, many of whose members live alongside the park. "It's not looking good for Canada avoiding an endangered listing for Wood Buffalo."

A U.S. effort to stoke the fires of coal-powered electricity didn't escape the attention of Canada's environment minister on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, as Catherine McKenna used her Twitter account to troll the carbon-based fuel just as American officials were extolling its virtues.

Catherine McKenna said that Canada is leading efforts to introduce new provisions in the Paris Agreement that force countries to address the impacts that climate change has on women. She said the goal is also to ensure that there are more women at the negotiating table.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Vietnam.

From the slow-paced, tree-lined streets of downtown Charlottetown to the modern, western architecture of metro Vancouver, Canada's urban waterfronts are a beacon for condo developers, tourists and everyone in between.

Ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing, literary luminaries such as Margaret Atwood and Philip Roth are calling on China to free the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

Canada's health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019.