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OTTAWA — The federal government’s newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, economists say.

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — The federal minister of Indigenous Services is speaking out after visiting the site of a mass killing in Saskatchewan.

VANCOUVER — A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19. The study, which lists Dr.

OTTAWA — The federal government will match donations from Canadians to help the people of Pakistan recover from massive flooding, though the amount of aid it is offering is far smaller than what Ottawa pledged after less-severe flooding in 2010.

MONTREAL — Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime said Tuesday that years of unpaid taxes on a property in Quebec City were the result of a friend in financial difficulty.

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre faced one of his first tests as federal Conservative leader on Tuesday as a prominent member of Parliament from Quebec announced he was leaving the Tories to sit as an Independent because he disagreed with the party’s new di

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. — Liberal cabinet ministers said Tuesday the federal government is listening to Canadians who are struggling under the weight of inflation and offering targeted aid for those who need it the most.

Hockey Canada asked the federal government in 2019 if it could self-govern its safe-sport cases, despite facing a "significant potential claim.

HALIFAX — An inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting heard today from Indigenous residents who complained about the RCMP's failure to issue timely warnings as the killer passed near two First Nations during his 13-hour rampage.