Politics

Ottawa's slow progress to remediate contaminated sites in the North is leaving Indigenous Peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability for the polluted areas, environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Tuesday in a new audit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he'd use the National Guard as part of efforts to deport millions of migrants across the country if he's reelected, signaling that he's doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric that fueled his previous rise to po

HALIFAX — New data from Statistics Canada show that Nova Scotia’s rates of poverty and food insecurity in 2022 were the highest of any province — and the head of the province's largest network of food banks says things have only worsened since.

OTTAWA — Canada's electronic spy agency needs to clearly spell out how its operations in cyberspace comply with international law, says a new watchdog report.

OTTAWA — Most federal programs aimed at reducing plastic waste are working, but the government isn't measuring its progress toward its overall goal of zero plastic waste by 2030, according to a new audit from Canada's environment commissioner.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to ask Parliament to approve proposed changes to capital gains taxation in a stand-alone bill — a move that will force the federal Conservatives to take a specific position on the measure.

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Arif Virani says protesters who took their cause to his home over the weekend crossed a line.

Politicians and dog experts are criticizing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she wrote in a new book about killing a rambunctious puppy .

OTTAWA — All options to eliminate plastic waste are still on the table in negotiations for a global plastic treaty, including putting legislated caps on how much plastic the world produces in the first place, Canada's environment minister said Tuesda

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz , who angered many of his Republican House colleagues with his challenges that led to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster , has drawn a former U.S. Navy pilot as an opponent in August's GOP primary. Former Capt.