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OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to spend $638 million on housing for Indigenous people in cities and urban centres. The money is part of the Liberals' $40-billion housing plan, which is sp...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is "pausing" its relationship with Gordon Campbell following an allegation in a British newspaper that the former B.C. premier ...

OAK BAY, B.C. - A contraception program to reduce the population of habituated, urban deer is one step closer in the Victoria-area District of Oak Bay. Councillors have reviewed a report&nbs...

EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the spring election, his government will do everything it can to cancel a $3.7-billion deal to ship more oil by rail. Kenney ...

MONTREAL - Jurors hearing the case of a Montreal man accused in the killing of his ailing wife will have to weigh two possible verdicts. Quebec Superior Court Justice Helene Di Salvo told the eight-ma...

OTTAWA - Amnesty International is accusing Venezuelan police and forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro of hundreds of human-rights abuses following the start of pro-democracy protest...

LAVAL, Que. - The lawyer for a Quebec mother accused of killing her two daughters said Monday that 10 years after the girls were found dead in their playroom, there is still no exp...

Canada's top Catholic bishop says he hopes to emphasize the importance of believing victims when he discusses sexual abuse with his international counterparts during a gathering at the Vatic...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberal government was rocked Monday by the resignation of his principal secretary, Gerald Butts, amid allegations that the Prime Minister's Office interfered ...

OTTAWA - An international committee of legislators wants executives from some of the world's largest digital and social-media firms to testify on disinformation and "fake news" when it meets in O...