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HALIFAX — A former Supreme Court of Canada judge working with the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says he's worried the federal Justice Department has been discouraging witnesses from being forthcoming with relevant evidence.

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OTTAWA — Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe’s energy crisis.

OTTAWA — One-quarter of front line employees surveyed at Canada's border agency said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years.

MONTREAL — A copper smelter in northwest Quebec will be permitted to release 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air — five times the provincial norm — Quebec's environment minister said Monday. The factory in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the candidates running to replace him.

OTTAWA — The federal government needs to do more to help thousands of Afghans who assisted Canadian Forces but remain trapped in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban seized Kabul, aid groups and opposition parties say.

While inflation may be hurting ordinary Quebecers' pocketbooks, it's done the opposite for a provincial government that has seen its projected deficit shrink by billions of dollars, according to a report released Monday ahead of the fall election cam

OTTAWA — The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February will start its public hearings next month. The Public Order Emergency Commission announced today that it expects the hearings to run from Sept.

MONTREAL — Quebec on Monday started offering fifth doses of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences.