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How population growth is affecting everything from jobs to housing in...

Ottawa: Rapid population growth is challenging economists' understanding of the economy as they monitor how businesses and consumers are responding to high interest rates. The...

Last year saw highest rate of gang related homicides in 16...

A report from Statistics Canada shows the national homicide rate has increased for a third consecutive year and nearly one-quarter of killings in 2021...

Trade Minister Mary Ng broke ethics rules over contract to friend,...

OTTAWA — The federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner says Trade Minister Mary Ng broke the rules when her office awarded a contract...

Minister’s statement on lives lost to poisoned drugs in July

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement about the BC Coroners Service report on illicit drug toxicity deaths...

Canada commits $800 million to support Indigenous led conservation projects

Montreal: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will spend up to $800 million to support four major Indigenous-led conservation projects across the...

Health Canada lifts years-long mad cow blood donation ban in Quebec

Quebec's blood supply agency says Health Canada has lifted a longstanding ban on blood donations in the province that stemmed from fear of mad...

Defence minister says Canada supports U.S. downing of suspected Chinese spy...

The federal defence minister says Canada ``unequivocally supports'' the United States government's decision to shoot down a high-altitude surveillance balloon that was suspected of...

Ottawa announces $2.8 billion to settle remaining part of B.C. day...

Vancouver: The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to...

Company planning to make COVID-19 vaccine in Canada could go out...

Montreal: An American company that signed a deal with the federal government to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal has warned investors it could go...

B.C. improving community resilience through climate adaptation

To better protect people and improve community defences against climate change, the Province is providing funding to communities across British Columbia for disaster risk...