With two days left before Nova Scotians elect their next government, polls suggest Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston's decision to call an early vote will pay off and the real battle will be between the Liberals and NDP for second place.

An ongoing debate in the House of Commons could force some government departments into a cash crunch and run up against other deadlines as the end of the fall sitting approaches.

The federal government did not meet the targets for its program to plant two billion trees during the program's third planting season.

Cuts to staff, classes, programs and student services: Canada's post-secondary system is moving into a stormy period, as colleges and universities grapple with budget shortfalls exacerbated by restrictions on international students, domestic tuition caps or freezes, and stagnant provincial funding.

B.C. conservation officers say a man was injured earlier this week when he was attacked by a black bear while he was walking his dog on a Metro Vancouver trail. The bear died in the encounter.

A Toronto family is speaking out after their 10-year-old daughter's Crocs got stuck in an escalator, ripping the entire toe area of the clog off.

A Winnipeg man has been charged after a transit supervisor was assaulted with a makeshift torch in the city’s downtown area Friday morning.

Canada Post says it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid an ongoing strike that has effectively shut down the postal system for nine days compared with the same period in 2023.

The federal government is providing $45 million in compensation to Inuit in Nunavik as part of Canada's apology for its role in the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s.

Ontario's colleges and universities say the federal government's cap on international students is taking a toll on the higher education sector as some schools face growing deficits, layoffs and, in at least one case, a temporary campus closure.

More than 1,000 of the dogs that Inuit relied on for their livelihoods were shot to death by Mounties, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and other authorities from the mid-1950s until late 1960s across Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec.

One post discussed how “mass immigration” and “a growing aversion to assimilation” are "transforming Canada into a place where a shared identity is disappearing.”

Montreal police say at least three people were arrested after protests denouncing NATO turned violent Friday evening as the city begins hosting the 70th annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly. 

Canada's top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles — a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary — at a security forum underway in Halifax today.

Montreal police say at least three people were arrested after protests denouncing NATO turned violent Friday evening as the city begins hosting the 70th annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly. A police spokesperson says demonstrators threw objects at police, lit two vehicles fires and smashed windows.

AI scribe software that's used to transcribe and summarize conversations between clinicians and patients is rolling out in several provinces to cut down on family doctors' administrative burden and keep them from quitting the profession, medical groups say.

In a fundraising appeal this week, the Conservative Party told supporters that the Speaker was silencing Conservative MPs. Hours earlier, Radio-Canada had reported about the close control and scrutiny that Pierre Poilievre and his office impose over what Conservative MPs say and do.

A disgraced real-estate lawyer who admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.

Environment and Climate Change Canada issued snowfall warnings throughout southern and central Alberta on Friday, from a system that's a remnant of the recent bomb cyclone in B.C.

Ocean Networks Canada says it will revisit the site to measure the impact of hurricane-force winds on marine life in B.C.

A small business owner from B.C.’s Fraser Valley is speaking out after being review-bombed by confused supporters of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump this week.

An 81-year-old Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to killing his wife with Alzheimer's disease.

A jury has found two men guilty on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.

Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.

An 81-year-old was killed in a dog attack this week in Bonfield, Ont. Police believe three dogs were involved.

A judge is expected to issue a decision this morning in the criminal case against one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa.

A bail hearing has heard that a woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake didn't know the child and was supposed to be under house arrest.

A Saskatchewan principal sentenced to six months behind bars for sexual assault has another chance to prove he’s the victim of a middle-school prank that escalated out of control.

Most young people turn to social media with their questions, but end up getting an onslaught of bite-sized, dubiously reliable content. Students and experts alike say more extensive learning is needed to boost critical thinking skills and help them be savvier on social media.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at ways to make boring but important climate terms easier to understand, see what can be made out of construction waste and find out how to cool buildings more sustainably.