The legalization of marijuana in Canada threatens the livelihoods of thousands of people in B.C.'s Kootenay region, where small-scale cannabis operations account for an estimated 15 to 30 per cent of the local economy.

The Trudeau government is following through on a Conservative plan to extend compassionate care leave from six to 26 weeks on Jan. 3 and it plans to expand the number of people who can take advantage of the enriched employment insurance plan later in the year.

Seventy per cent of the solved murders of aboriginal women were committed by people of aboriginal descent, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson says in a letter to Grand Chief Bernice Martial of the Treaty Number 6 Nations.

The defence in suspended senator Patrick Brazeaus assault and sexual assault case continued to challenge the credibility of the Crowns main witness today in a courtroom in Gatineau, Que., suggesting she had struck Brazeau.

The defence in suspended senator Patrick Brazeau's assault and sexual assault case attacked the credibility of the main witness today.

Amal Clooney, lawyer for Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, expressed frustration today over Canada's "sheepish" effort to free her client from his Cairo nightmare.

Contrary to government assertions, violence against indigenous women and girls is a sociological phenomenon and, while it has been studied, many recommendations haven't been implemented, claims a new report on the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women.