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The federal government’s Indigenous affairs office has signed an agreement with the Musqueam Indian Band in B.C., a deal that recognizes the community’s aboriginal rights within a wide swathe of land encompassing much of Vancouver. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), the department in charge of negotiating title rights, first publicized the deal on…

LONDON — Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would allow other countries to have to access to a future Canadian national energy and critical mineral stockpile but only allies in times of “crisis and war” who have a free-trade agreement with Canada. Speaking at an event in London, U.K., organized by CANZUK, an advocacy group…

A Federal Court judge has refused to temporarily order Corrections Canada to move a transgender inmate with a history of sex offences from a men’s to a women’s prison, but has agreed the judicial review in her case should be heard more quickly.

Prince George RCMP officer Arthur Dalman was found guilty of obstruction of justice following the 2017 death of Dale Culver, an Indigenous man who died in police custody. Dalman was not involved in the altercation but was found to have ordered a bystander to delete video taken at the scene of the arrest.

Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an Essex County OPP officer of wrongdoing in a crash that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman.

First Nations leaders in Manitoba are demanding an investigation after they say an Indigenous man was beaten by a security guard at a downtown Winnipeg Dollarama store.

Air Canada announced Monday that it has suspended all flights to and from Dubai and Tel Aviv, with a plan to restart on March 23. In a press release shared on social media, the airline also told passengers not to head to the airport if they are in either of these regions. “Your safety is our…

Influenza deaths have soared to new heights in Alberta this year, according to nearly two decades worth of data, prompting concern from health experts.

A proposal to revive parts of the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline could increase Canada’s crude exports to the U.S. by more than 12 per cent, if it gets a green light from U.S. President Donald Trump and additional links to U.S. refining hubs are built.

Supply-side shocks that can simultaneously drive up prices and slow the economy are complicating the Bank of Canada ‘s fight against inflation, but the central bank has no intention abandoning its two per cent inflation target. “The world has changed a lot over the past five years,” Sharon Kozicki , deputy governor of the Bank…