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Ottawa injects another $36M into vaccine injury compensation fund
The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of...
Poll suggests half of Canadians have negative opinion of latest Liberal budget
A new poll suggests the Liberals have not won over voters with their latest budget, though there is broad support for their plan to build millions of homes....
Alberta premier stands by pick of 'contrarian' chair to lead COVID-19 data review
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s a good idea to have a physician who accused the province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact on hospitals now...
Escaped B.C. murderer #4 on Canada's most-wanted list
An alleged B.C. gangster convicted of murder in absentia after he escaped from prison is the fourth person on Canada’s most-wanted list. A reward of...
Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
UPDATE 1:35 p.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will continue to get carbon rebates even though the province has stopped remitting...
Zameer acquittal demonstrates why politicians should keep quiet on bail, lawyer says
A leading voice for criminal lawyers in Canada says police and political leaders need to learn the consequences of weighing in on bail decisions. And Boris...
Plastic treaty talks in Ottawa get underway with pleas for high ambition, flexibility
The Ecuadorean diplomat tasked with shepherding the fourth round of talks for a global plastic treaty in Ottawa this week says the world cannot wait much longer...
RCMP alleges two former UN workers in Montreal sold weapons, drones to Libya
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged after they allegedly took part in a conspiracy to...
Doctors ask Liberal government to reconsider capital gains tax change
The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect...
Large study shows caribou herds in Alberta, B.C., growing from wolf culls, cow pens
Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound...
Labour minister announces inquiry into costly 2023 port strike in B.C.
Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.'s port...
Is decaf coffee bad for your health? Here’s what to know
If you enjoy the taste of coffee but don’t want caffeine’s side effects, decaffeinated coffee with 97 per cent of the stimulant removed is an...
Ex-RCMP officer charged in Quebec with foreign interference seeks to quash charges
A retired RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference asked a Quebec court judge on Monday to quash an indictment against him because...
Singh noncommittal on keeping scheduled increases to Liberals' carbon price in place
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in...
Consciousness a 'realistic possibility' in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say
Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in...
Feds don't 'care if they die,' says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria
Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a...
Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a...
Ottawa spent $2.2-million fighting emergencies act court challenge on convoy protest
Ottawa says it spent more than $2.2-million unsuccessfully fighting a court challenge to its decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to quell the truckers’...
Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse
Quebec's Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the...
Can Canada have an effective climate action policy without a carbon tax?
Eight years ago, Mark Jaccard, a sustainable energy economist at Simon Fraser University, co-authored a paper that warned of the “severe political...