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The federal government is asking for an extension on a looming court deadline requiring it to update the country's medical assistance in dying (MAID) law.

Dwight Ball is stepping down as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador after months of scandals have besieged the House of Assembly.

As cabinet ministers broker urgent meetings over rail blockades in support of hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia, a series of negotiations over the Wet'suwet'en Nation's land rights have been quietly taking place for a year.

Speaking after a round-table with the Chinese-Canadian community in Vancouver's Chinatown, federal health minister Patty Hajdu says Chinese-Canadians are being unfairly stigmatized and their business are suffering.

Speaking after a round-table with the Chinese-Canadian community in Vancouver's Chinatown, federal health minister Patty Hajdu says Chinese-Canadians are being unfairly stigmatized and their business are suffering.

The anti-pipeline protest that closed the Thousands Island Bridge near the Ontario-New York border on Highway 37 early Monday afternoon ended about two and a half hours later.

Approximately 40 protesters started blocking the Thousand Islands Bridge — near the U.S. border on Highway 137 — early Monday afternoon.

Bombardier Inc. has sold its rail-building unit to French train giant Alstom SA, marking its exit from the rail business.

A federal order for trains carrying dangerous goods to slow down after two fiery crashes near Guernsey, Sask., has been further revised by Transport Minister Marc Garneau. 

Federal health Minister Patty Hajdu, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart hold a news conference at Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouver.

Indigenous youth who took over the Minister of Northern Affairs's Winnipeg office have ended their occupation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is committed to finding a quick and peaceful resolution to the anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the country's train system and temporarily blocked bridges and highways.

A Saskatoon woman is pleading for help after her daughter, who has a young child, was refused refugee status by the Canadian government.

More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.

More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.

China says it may postpone its annual congress in March, its biggest political meeting of the year, because of the virus outbreak.

Canadian passengers of a cruise ship that has been quarantined in Japan due to a coronavirus outbreak on board are still waiting to be repatriated as their American counterparts touched down in the U.S. on Monday.

Muriel and Cecil Stringer of Hodge's Cove were handed the wrong baby boy in 1962 at Walwyn Cottage Hospital — but noticed the mix-up almost immediately. It's the second case of babies switched at birth at the facility in the 1960s.

Unless Bernie Sanders separates himself from a divided field, the Democrats could be headed for a contested convention in July.

Research involving long-term care residents tests how cannabidiol might be used therapeutically to help seniors live more comfortable lives.

As a boy in tiny Eston, Sask., Frederick Mulder played hockey and curled. Today he is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of 19th- and 20th-century European prints.

Blockades by Indigenous protesters will make it harder for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to adopt planned legislation to add respect for First Nations treaties to Canada's citizenship oath, says Conservative immigration critic Peter Kent.

By banning protests on the field of play and at official ceremonies, the International Olympic Committee has unintentionally created the perfect environment for dissent, writes Oren Weisfeld.

The Métis people adopted the sash in their early days and used for many practical purposes. Today it is worn as a show of pride in being Métis.

People should feel comfortable reaching out for help with mental health issues, says farmer who is pushing back against those who've told him he should just suck it up.

Canada’s military is still defining the term “hateful conduct” as it grapples with how to better detect and discipline white supremacists in its ranks. Military leaders say they have identified areas of improvement and are working toward change.

Two Canadians who were aboard a cruise ship that was refused entry to several countries before docking in Cambodia last week received an unusual greeting when they returned to Canada Sunday — border agents were waiting at their gate, requesting they put on masks.

Canada's Indigenous Services Minister asked the Mohawks of Tyendinaga to temporarily halt a demonstration that has shut down one of Canada's most important rail corridors, a leaked recording of the meeting reveals. But a phone call from a a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief undercut the request.

Canada's Indigenous Services Minister asked the Mohawk of Tyendinaga to temporarily halt a demonstration that has shut down one of Canada's most important rail corridors, a leaked recording of the meeting reveals. But a phone call from a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief undercut the request.

One economist says the backlog caused by rail blockades will have impacts on the consumer — from higher gas prices to fewer goods and services.

An Alberta man's lawsuit says he likely suffered permanent damage after RCMP arrested him suspecting he was drunk, when he was actually having a stroke. According to the lawsuit, the man was then left in a cell for more than 18 hours, virtually ignored by officers.

A nine-year-old boy is presumed drowned, police say, after being swept into Lake Erie on Saturday afternoon.

New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs has announced he's backing away from the controversial plan to close several emergency departments between midnight and 8 a.m.