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Akwesasne chief disputes data showing few residents fully vaccinated

Estimates of just how many people living in the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne are fully vaccinated vary significantly, but its chief insists the...

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Ottawa still mulling whether officials will attend Olympics, days before it starts

With five days to go before the Olympics Games kick off, the Canadian government still isn’t saying whether a federal delegation is heading...

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Calgary Stampede rodeo goes ahead, as nearby horse races cancel due to smoke

Two horse-racing events were cancelled in southern Alberta on Sunday to protect the animals from severe wildfire smoke that had pushed the region’s...

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Vote on Annamie Paul’s leadership of Green Party cancelled, sources say

An imminent threat to Annamie Paul’s leadership of the Green Party of Canada has been eliminated, after a vote of non-confidence originally scheduled for...

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Search underway for unmarked graves at former Delmas Indian Residential School site in Sask.

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A weekend of searching for unmarked graves is now underway at the site of the former Delmas...

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Nova Scotians head to the polls Aug. 17

Nova Scotia’s 41st general election campaign is officially underway. N.S. Liberal Party Leader Iain Rankin, who became premier in February, met Saturday with...

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Already battered by drought, Manitoba cattle farmers could face even worse conditions

Jason Bednarek has never seen drought this bad in Manitoba’s Interlake region, and midway into July, the third-generation farmer is already racked with worries about what he’ll...

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‘I tried to be tough,’ says survivor of Marieval Indian Residential School sharing her story for 1st time

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Phyllis Kretschmer has never shared her residential school experience with anyone.  The active senior,...

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Sask. RCMP pilot embeds psychiatric nurses in 911 centre to handle mental health calls

Psychiatric nurses embedded inside the RCMP’s operational command centre in Regina are taking 911 calls from people in mental distress and coaching front-line officers...

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Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation

The Lac Seul First Nation of northern Ontario has won a key round in its long fight to be properly compensated for the...

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Canadian voters are likely to face foreign cyber interference in the next election, say cyber spies

Canadian voters are likely to face some form of foreign cyber interference ahead and during the next federal election, warns Canada’s cyber spy...

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First Nations invite public to witness search for unmarked graves at Sask. residential school site

Warning: This story containts details some readers may find distressing. A group of Saskatchewan First Nations is inviting the wider public to witness...

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OMA calls for COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all Ontario health-care workers

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) says all health-care workers in the province should be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a news...

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Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to release final report on unmarked graves at former Kamloops residential school

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Today, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation is set to present its final report on the unmarked grave sites found...

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Canadian house prices and home sales hit records in March — but have fallen every month since

The price of the average Canadian home that sold in June was $679,000, an increase of 25 per cent in the past year....

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Ontario weighing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for certain jobs

Ontario government officials are considering the pros and cons of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workplaces, CBC News has learned.  A draft provincial document...