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The federal government is preparing for another busy forest fire season. The country is coming off its worst season on record last year. A total of 15 million hectares were burning, seven times the na...

The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate at five percent. That benchmark has been held since last July. Economists had predicted the rate would stay the same. The bank says while inflation is...

The Trudeau government has announced plans for a $500-million mental health fund for youth. It is the latest in a series of announcements taking place ahead of the federal budget next week. Deputy Pri...

Ottawa is pumping $8 billion into our military's defence system to boost surveillance and protect the Arctic from foreign threats. The money will be spent on things like utility helicopters, long rang...

Officers with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will vote next week to consider strike action to back demands for a new contract. The 9,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) a...

Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March, according to Statistics Canada. It comes as more people were searching for work and employment remaining virtually unchanged. The country sh...

Housing starts are expected to decline this year before we see slight improvements in 2025 and 2026. That is according to the latest Housing Market Outlook released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing ...

A junior hockey player's legacy lives on after the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan. It will be six years ago Saturday, April 6th when a semi-truck struck the team's bus, killing sixtee...

Ottawa says the upcoming budget will include billions in additional funding to help get more apartments built. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they will add $15 billion to the apartment constructio...

It may cost more to get a NEXUS card. The Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are proposing the application fee for the alternate form of ID to cross the border increa...