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Deficits are in the forecast for British Columbia’s budget, but that’s not stopping the New Democrat government from spending billions on health, housing and families.

A national youth homeless survey shows that 20 per cent of Canadians living without housing are between the ages of 13 and 24. Raising the Roof's "streetwear" campaign uses irony to send a message that kids should never be homeless in the first place.

BC Ferries just got $500 million in funding to keep fares low and help electrify its fleet, but critics say the provincial announcement was heavy on climate rhetoric and light on concrete details or commitment.

Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting.

This proposed Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission Act is an opportunity for wrongful conviction applications to be dealt with and reviewed in a way that upholds the integrity of our criminal justice system, says Pam Glatt of Innocence Canada.

In December, Export and Development Canada advanced Irving Pulp and Paper a loan to help build a waste treatment facility it promised to build after pleading guilty to dumping improperly treated effluent into the Saint John River.

The implementation policy will streamline modern treaties, create government oversight and train a "muscle memory" in Ottawa's bureaucracy when dealing with Indigenous self-government.

Former civil servant Morris Rosenberg says the panel created by the protocol did not find there was foreign interference in either the 2019 or 2021 elections that compared to the scale of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Alberta’s health minister says the new health funding deal with the federal government will dovetail with provincial reforms to the system.

British Columbia's financial status will not be as rosy as it has been over the past year, says Finance Minister Katrine Conroy, who will table the New Democrat government's budget on Tuesday.

Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's agenda ballooned after she won her party's leadership and put the so-called RStar program — a plan to give tax breaks to energy companies for fulfilling cleanup work they are already obliged to do — high on the government agenda.

The federal government is banning TikTok from government-issued mobile devices days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners began investigating the social media platform.

First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit.

With an abundance of sun and wind, Spain is positioning itself as Europe’s future leader in green hydrogen production to clean up heavy industries. But some energy sector experts express caution over ramping up an industry that would be wholly reliant on massive increases in the availability of zero-carbon electricity.