Only about 60 per cent of northern Ontario communities have the kits — a vital forensic tool for investigating assaults — despite Health Canada assurances to the contrary.

The federal government pulled billions of dollars off the negotiating table Monday after failing to reach a long-term health-care funding agreement with the provinces and territories.

There is no deal in sight as the federal government sits down today with the provinces on the future of health-care funding in Canada.

Manitoba is one of only two provinces that wouldn't support the climate agreement finalized in Ottawa following a first ministers meeting between the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

"It doesn't make any sense for the first ministers to consider solutions and decide on solutions on our behalf without us in the room," Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's president said.

After years of being haunted by flashbacks and rage, Kejick Thomas asked police to accompany him on a visit to see his uncle, where he read a letter in Ojibwa to speak his truth.

Canada faces a crisis in mental health, Louise Bradley said, adding it costs the country more than $50 billion a year in lost productivity. It also costs lives.

In strongly worded written comments, Sen. Murray Sinclair said he cannot overstate the importance of immediately complying with legal orders from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

The federal Liberals attempted Thursday to fend off criticism of their response to a landmark human rights tribunal decision by announcing talks about First Nations child welfare.

They were there alongside U.S. President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, and many other world leaders who attended Peres's funeral on Friday.