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OTTAWA - A new round of repairs is in store for pathways around Parliament Hill, after the second major flood in three years. Water levels on the Ottawa River remain a metre above normal and crews wor...

Saskatchewan's minimum wage will get a 26-cent-per-hour bump on Oct. 1; it's going up to $11.32 per hour.It's currently $11.06 per hour, one of the lowest-such figures in Canada.A media release Friday...

MOOSE JAW, Canada - Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose isn't looking quite like himself. His antlers were removed Wednesday in order for bigger ones to be built so that he can reclaim the title of wo...

OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore says she will not run for re-election in the fall. In a release Friday, the representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progress...

OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. But the C...

A plea deal is being discussed for a man accused of defrauding Viterra Inc. out of thousands of dollars.David Glassford, 42, is facing various charges for allegedly defrauding one of the nation's larg...

OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...

OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...

A pair of teammates from the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2007 Grey Cup-winning team are to be honoured by the franchise in 2019.Neal Hughes and Kerry Joseph are to be inducted into the CFL team's Plaza ...

The Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descendants of some of the first humans to live in North America, new genetic research suggests. A paper published Wednesday in the scientific...