As Omicron spreads across Canada and the world, Canadian vaccine equity advocates say the federal government needs to be more transparent with what it does with excess COVID-19 vaccine doses. ...

The federal government has released its latest plan to plant two billion trees by 2030.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore ways to retrofit homes to deal with flooding and catch up with a Quebec man who donated an island to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. ...

A judge is set to rule Friday afternoon on whether Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party must throw out its decision to name Heather Stefanson its leader and hold a new vote.

Environment Canada has released its Top 10 weather stories for 2021 — a year that its senior climatologist Dave Phillips calls the "most destructive, the most expensive and the deadliest year for we...

In the annual Canadian Press survey, 38 editors picked the discovery of unmarked graves near the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C., as Canada's most revealing story this year, followe...

A shortage of family doctors in Lethbridge, Alta., will stretch into 2022 — and residents say that's placing significant pressure on them as the months drag on and as health problems persist. ...

The extraordinary story of how contractor Shane Ross has continued to operate despite facing fraud and forgery charges, numerous lawsuits in Nova Scotia and Ontario, and being sent to jail for contemp...

The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the Liberal government's plan to deliver two heavy icebreakers to the coast guard will cost $7.25 billion. The proposal was released with much fanfare last sp...

At 89, Alanis Obomsawin is one of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world. Obomsawin said she's grateful to see a real shift in how history is taught in schools and a greater understandi...

The agreement, which is subject to approval by the Quebec Superior Court, would allow eligible individuals who were affected by the privacy breach announced in June 2019 to receive a payment. ...

New research from a team in Hong Kong offers a clue to why the Omicron variant is spreading so astonishingly fast around the world: it may be multiplying 70 times quicker than earlier strains within o...

Provinces face difficult choices over how to curb the spread of the Omicron variant ahead of the holiday season as COVID-19 cases continued to surge in much of the country on Thursday.

Brandon Lukach uses TikTok as a way to connect with people, but after learning he could make money on the app, the Cambridge, Ont., truck driver used the cash to give back to the community. ...

An exclusive Ontario ski club recorded an $815,000 surplus last season, primarily due to federal pandemic wage support. Mansfield Ski Club has used the money for a number of capital improvements, incl...

Asking supervised consumption site clients to show identification — even if it’s voluntary — will deter people from accessing life-saving services, harm reduction advocates argued in an Edmonton...

U.S. central bank takes a firmer line on soaring inflation, and in some ways Canadians may feel the effects even more than their southern neighbours.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez took the tennis world by storm in 2021, highlighted by a run for the ages at the U.S. Open that saw her win the hearts, attention and respect of audiences across the world...

Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums has made a major move following a CBC investigation into a 2019 elephant attack that found the organization continued to allow rides a decade after its American ...

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is asking Canadians with plans to travel abroad to cancel their trips as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spreads worldwide.