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An 11-year-old girl allegedly killed by her father in southern Ontario was a dreamer, a dancer and a singer who "always saw the good in every situation."

The first Ontario legislative sitting of 2019 saw a heated battle of words erupt between Ontario students and Premier Doug Ford, with protests happening inside and outside the chambers and calls to the government to stop cuts to mandatory fees that students say will hurt the future of education services in the province. 

The National Energy Board has declined a request to consider all of the climate change impacts as part of its review of the Trans Mountain expansion project.

Alberta will spend billions of dollars and hopes to make billions more as it brings in 4,400 rail cars starting as early as July to move a crude backlog in the oil sands industry as pipeline projects face mounting troubles. 

Gerald Butts, a long-time friend and advisor of Justin Trudeau, has resigned his position in the prime minister's office due to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Federal Conservative MPs were gloating on Monday following the resignation of a key advisor and friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the midst of a political crisis.

Here are five things you need to know about the prime minister's friend, Gerald Butts, and the role he played in Justin Trudeau's inner circle.

A sister company of Google has been secretly considering some ambitious plans to develop Toronto’s entire eastern waterfront, giving the technology giant new access to tax revenues and development fees that would otherwise go into public funds, National Observer has learned.

'You would have to go out of your way to make it this bad'

A British newspaper says police in London are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell.

Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould angered senators by refusing to give testimony on a change to the Criminal Code that is now at the centre of allegations that she was improperly pressured to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.

With a few swipes of his Sharpie, Donald Trump assuaged America's fears of another government shutdown on Friday, February 15, 2019, but not before declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Water quality monitoring groups around Lake Winnipeg are mapping the spread of phosphorus, which feeds the growth of toxic algae. They will soon be able to use a new online platform to collect, share and securely store their data.

On Friday, the leadership of Ontario's Cat Lake First Nation were at Queen's Park urging Premier Doug Ford and his government to step in and do what the federal government has failed to: provide emergency housing, medical assistance and fire teams. 

Climate scientist Maria Caffrey is out of a job starting Friday.

Republicans call it a ‘social manifesto’, environmental groups hail it, and some say it doesn’t go far enough

Kyle Powys Whyte, an Indigenous scientist and climate change expert, says Indigenous peoples have led some of the most vibrant climate change movements, focused on repairing and strengthening ethical and just relationships. Mistakenly, many environmentalists focus on an environmental crisis that must be addressed so urgently and swiftly, that relationships don't matter, he says.

Ontario basic income recipients are hung out to dry. A lawsuit to save the pilot program from the Ford government's chopping block has failed and the federal government won't step in. A class action suit is in the works but that will take time.

Two years after the auditor general concluded that the Trudeau government had failed to identify its subsidies for the oil and gas industry, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says federal officials are still working on it.

The First Nations Technology Council and Animikii, a digital agency that supports Indigenous technology, are working hard to ensure Indigenous peoples have a seat at the rapidly growing tech table in British Columbia. From data sovereignty to digital skills training programs, Indigenous communities, nations and organizations are utilizing technology as a path to self determination.