Wednesday's Council of the Federation talks may be the last time premiers invite Indigenous leaders to their annual summer gathering, after the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Metis National Council declined their invitations for the second year in a row.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added five new faces to his cabinet and created new ministries in a significant midsummer shakeup.

It was supposed to be a peaceful summer evening outdoors with friends, but things took a frightening turn when a Mississauga, Ont., father of two was severely beaten in what Peel Regional Police confirm they are investigating as a hate-motivated crime.

Canada will soon find out whether the deadly opioid crisis is having an impact on how long people are expected to live on average.

Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation executives showed off one of their new cannabis retail stores in Halifax on Wednesday that will begin selling pot on Oct. 17, when widespread pot use becomes legal across Canada.

A 26-year-old Edmonton-area man is dead after trying to save another man in a lake near Sicamous, B.C.

The Conservative party pulled an attack ad from its Twitter feed Tuesday that depicted a black man carrying a suitcase walking over a tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In what should be a big year for sockeye on Canada's most important salmon river, the DFO warns that fish returning will have experienced the same "unusually warm" freshwater and ocean conditions that have coincided with low survival the past three years.

Thousands of people from across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom are expected at the 35th annual Africville reunion in Halifax starting Thursday.

A Winnipeg man says a North End bar discriminated against him due to his disability by refusing him service and telling him he had to leave earlier than everyone else. The manager of the bar says the policy protects vulnerable people.

Blindsided by a Hydro One executive compensation package designed to enrich management, the new government of Premier Doug Ford flexed its muscle as the single largest shareholder and forced the ouster of the CEO and 14-member board.

Canada's premiers kick off their summer gathering this morning in Bouctouche, N.B. Here's a quick guide to who's there (and who's not), what they're talking about (and what they'll avoid), and one pretty big elephant in the room.

Health Canada tapped the opinions of children as young as five years old as it attempted to decide what warning symbol would work best in mandatory labelling on cannabis products when pot is legalized later this year.

A trans woman in Winnipeg says she wants to help educate CITI FM radio host Dave Wheeler after he made on-air comments about trans people that many have condemned.

More than a quarter of Canadians are already facing serious financial hardship, according to the findings of a new study released today as part of an examination of poverty.