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The House of Commons has passed emergency legislation to free up $82 billion to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on industries, citizens, and Indigenous groups to help shape the future of Canada's climate policy.

A class action lawsuit certified last month, alleges the government of Newfoundland and Labrador ignored sexual abuse suffered by children living in government-run institutions during the 1970s and '80s.

Manitoba's advocate for youth says a lot more needs to be done if the government is to save children in care from the grim reality of an Indigenous teenage girl whose body was found in a river.

Premier John Horgan says industry, government and Indigenous nations on northern Vancouver Island are collaborating on a four-year program to transition away from marine-based salmon farms.

The country's biggest public-sector union says it's preparing for potential post-election strike action after accusing the government of walking away from contract talks affecting more than 70,000 federal employees.

The federal government's effort to rein in the cost of reimbursing veterans for their medical marijuana appears to have failed as new figures show Ottawa shelled out a record $75 million in the last fiscal year.

Residents of a southern Alberta hamlet are back in their homes after an evacuation that followed a train derailment and chemical spill.

A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia's military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country's Arctic sovereignty.

The federal government says fighting gun and gang violence in Canada requires collaborative, multi-pronged approaches that involves all levels of government and communities of all sizes.

New Brunswick's new minority Tory government has delivered a throne speech that looks for common ground with the Opposition parties, while avoiding controversy.

A few months ahead of provincial elections in Quebec, a group of experts supported by think tanks and Quebec's chief scientist are calling for "necessary" changes in the government's approach to climate change.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has no intention of stifling growth for small businesses and start-ups with its upcoming changes to the tax code.

B.C. is on the cusp of changing its government for the first time since 2001, as the province scrambles to contain scores of wildfires that have forced tens of thousands of residents from their homes.

The theft initially targeted the van of a private courier en route to deliver mail in Red Deer on June 23. The province says the mail may have contained personal information.