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TORONTO - Ontario now has a sixth confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, and while it is the first instance in the province of human-to-human transmission, health officials say the risk is still low...

OTTAWA - The controversial use of facial-recognition tools will soon be scrutinized by MPs. Members of the House of Commons committee on access to information, privacy and eth...

OTTAWA - Canada's old-fashioned city sewer systems dumped nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into this country's waterways over five years, enough to fill up an Olympic-sized swimm...

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its 2020-21 budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Techies: The province is investing $20...

VANCOUVER - Government lawyers have made irrelevant arguments in British Columbia Supreme Court by saying the province would lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding if a lawsuit seeking an ...

OTTAWA - Canada's top public-health official Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada has begun to look at tracking local spread of the novel coronavirus, just as the United States confirmed a case ...

MONTREAL - Quebec public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of the new coronavirus. Health Minister Danielle McCann announced Thursday night that the patient, a woman...

With spring just around the corner, so too is the Saskatchewan Blue Cross' annual MS Walk, in support of those diagnosed with the disease. Taking place in the Battlefords May 24, the local walk will b...

Trustees with the Living Sky School Division are hopeful for some resolution between the Saskatchewan teachers' union and the province now that contract negotiations appear to be progressing well. Thi...

Saskatchewan doesn't have any confirmed cases of coronavirus, but the province still is updating its guidelines for travellers."The number of countries that have confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to ...