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After decades of fighting for justice, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached a historic agreement with Ottawa, which will provide $68.9 million more in funding for a home that will specialize in caring for community members poisoned by mercury.

After decades of fighting for justice, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached a historic agreement with Ottawa, which will provide $68.9 million more in funding for a home that will specialize in caring for community members poisoned by mercury.

The Quebec government says fully vaccinated residents who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can receive a third dose of an mRNA vaccine before travelling — but health officials are warning that it's up to the recipient to seek their own advice.

The Quebec government says fully vaccinated residents who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can receive a third dose of an mRNA vaccine before travelling — but health officials are warning that it's up to the recipient to seek their own advice.

Evacuees from Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northeast Manitoba are beginning to return home on Monday after being evacuated due to wildfires, but more than 2,000 people from four other First Nations are still stuck.

Ontario has asked the federal government to ensure Canadians who received mixed COVID-19 vaccines will be cleared for international travel as border measures lift.

Moderna is in talks with U.S. regulators to expand the size of an ongoing trial testing its COVID-19 vaccines in children aged between 5 and 11, the drugmaker said on Monday.

Disney is planning on closing down almost all of its retail stores in Canada by next month.

One of two brothers responsible for the death of a young man from the Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta has been acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter. 

Olympic hosts spend years preparing for the Games, along with billions of dollars and a lot of political capital en route to the finish line. But still, many cities want to host the event.

New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.

California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing as officials raced to beat back a summer surge driven by the delta variant.

Above average temperatures for many parts of British Columbia aren't expected to ease any time soon — and Environment Canada says there's no hint of showers until at least the weekend for some southern regions hit hard by wildfires.

U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine handed out to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms at the European Beach Handball Championships in Bulgaria last week.

As over 140 forest fires burn in northwestern Ontario on Monday, Environment Canada has issued air quality statements to more communities affected by smoke and poor visibility.

Lutheran pastor Ryan Andersen gives his view on the journey required for Canadian churches as newly identified graves put the trauma of residential schools in sharp relief.

Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ont., has won Canada's first gold medal on Monday. Here are the highlights from her 100 m butterfly event and other highlights from Tokyo 2020.

Troops surrounded Tunisia's parliament and blocked its Speaker from entering on Monday after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister following nationwide protests over the country's economic troubles and coronavirus crisis.

Troops surrounded Tunisia's parliament and blocked its speaker from entering Monday after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister following nationwide protests over the country's economic troubles and coronavirus crisis.

Until recently, gift shops in some of B.C.'s most famous museums and art galleries have sold wood carvings by an artist identified as "Harvey John" for hundreds of dollars a piece.

Vaccine hesitancy in Alberta is about twice the national average. Here's how some Alberta businesses and community organizations are making COVID-19 vaccines more accessible and convincing the hesitant to roll up their sleeves.

After successfully lobbying to lift a 16-month ban on dancing in retirement homes, residents of Alderwood Retirement Centre shook and shimmied in Witless Bay Saturday.

There are layers of planning that go into a wedding but one of the most important — the wedding cake —  has bakers on P.E.I. busy.

A growing number of so-called "adventure cats" are headed outdoors on leashes to explore the country with their intrepid owners.

When it comes to residential schools, the U.S. and Canada share a disturbing history. In fact, their assimilation systems were developed in tandem. Now some Americans, disturbed by news from Canada of unmarked burial sites, have launched a probe into the legacy of schools in their country.

When it comes to residential schools, the U.S. and Canada share a disturbing history. In fact, their assimilation systems were developed in tandem. Now some Americans, disturbed by news from Canada of unmarked burial sites, have launched a probe into the legacy of schools in their country.

A Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of "in-kind services" to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing to release it.

Mary Simon will be officially installed as Canada's first Indigenous governor general today in a ceremony at the Senate building in Ottawa.

Mary Simon has officially become Canada's first Indigenous governor general today in a ceremony at the Senate building in Ottawa.

A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now claiming in a lawsuit that all the samples stored by the business were destroyed nearly three years ago.

Chinese-Canadian pop superstar Kris Wu is caught in a #MeToo firestorm over allegations of predatory sexual behaviour with an underage girl now sweeping Chinese media.

The Mounties in British Columbia say protesters breaching an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island cut down 18 trees.

The Mounties in British Columbia say protesters breaching an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island cut down 18 trees.

Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 "Freedom Summer," in which hundreds of students went to the U.S. South to register voters.