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OTTAWA — The government should invest at least $6.3 billion over this year and next to deal with the immediate housing needs of Indigenous people in urban, rural and northern communities, a federal council says.

CALGARY — Recovered in the rubble of a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary was an unfiled hazard report that outlined dangers with braking on that fateful stretch of track.

Ottawa will open the department of Indigenous Services up for a review to identify ways it discriminates against First Nations children.

OTTAWA — Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes investigation, says sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s international development minister.

HALIFAX — In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the suspect was gone.

OTTAWA — A new NATO report suggests that while most other allies have started to invest more in defence, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is even farther from meeting the military alliance's spending target than previously believed.

MONTREAL — Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they did nothing wrong in connection with a secret criminal trial that took place in Quebec and that was described by the province's Court of Appeal as contrary to the fundamental principles of justice.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden brandished one of the biggest weapons in his economic arsenal Thursday in hopes of turning the United States into a leading producer of electric-vehicle batteries and the minerals used to make them.

OTTAWA — The body representing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming services.

OTTAWA — The eye-watering sensation of a swab up the nose will no longer be a cost of admission to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ for vaccinated travellers as of Friday.