Politics

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The Northwest Territories is considering whether to end seasonal time changes after a survey suggested there's interest in the move.

Canada's premiers are waiting to see if the federal cabinet can make headway towards a new deal on health-care funding as the ministers meet for a retreat in Hamilton this week.

The Liberal cabinet will head into the second of a three-day retreat in Hamilton today with a lengthy to-do list, including tackling inflation and making the country more competitive.

Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's top public servant to look into the government's procurement process over what he said seemed to be a "highly illogical and inefficient" contract to develop the ArriveCan app.

Canada's allies are pledging to send tanks to Ukraine, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave no indication on Monday, January 23, 2023, morning about whether Ottawa will follow suit.

Maybe she’s doing this because she feels beholden to the far-right anti-vaccine supporters in the United Conservative Party, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.

The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows.

The ongoing affordability crunch and the threat of a looming recession will be front and centre as the federal Liberal cabinet holds a post-holiday cabinet retreat this week.

The federal Greens are kicking off 2023 with a visit to Atlantic Canada as the party tries to rebuild support across the country.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should push back against the RCMP continuing to use a controversial neck hold.

New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce and pass a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker. 

Nunavut's energy corporation says cybersecurity experts are investigating after it was targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend.