The federal government has announced an additional $305 million to help Indigenous Peoples combat COVID-19.Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the money is meant to help Indigenous communities prepare for emergencies and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.He says communities can also use the money for a variety of other measures, including helping elders and vulnerable people, food insecurity, educational and other supports for children and mental health assistance.The new money will flow through the Indigenous community support fund, bringing the total amount to $685 million

The leader of the Bloc Quebecois is demanding the resignations of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford. Yves-Francois Blanchet says he will try to trigger an election in October if the three don't step down. Blanchet says the WE controversy and new details about a contract for small-business rent relief that went to a company employing Telford's husband, have shown that the Liberal government is no longer trustworthy. The Bloc leader says he has not yet had discussions with other opposition leaders to see if he would have the

Today's sitting of Parliament is expected to be the last one that will see Andrew Scheer in the role of Conservative leader.In addition to being an MP from Regina since 2004, he also served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015.It was after the Tories lost government in 2015, and the subsequent resignation of then-leader Stephen Harper, that Scheer decided to go for the leadership job.He won in 2017, eking out a very narrow victory over fellow MP Maxime Bernier.He spent the next two years trying to gain recognition across the country, while shoring up the party's war chest

There are 120,421 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 60,718 confirmed (including 5,697 deaths, 53,135 resolved) Ontario: 40,194 confirmed (including 2,786 deaths, 36,456 resolved) Alberta: 11,772 confirmed (including 216 deaths, 10,552 resolved) British Columbia: 4,111 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,444 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,479 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,294 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 547 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 360 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 reso

The chief public health officer says Canada will not cut corners to get a vaccine for COVID-19 approved. Dr. Theresa Tam says she has full confidence in Health Canada's process to approve a vaccine. She says she is cautiously optimistic that will happen soon but says safety will not be compromised to get there. Her words come as Russia approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Her deputy, Dr. Howard Njoo, says the Russian product went from discovery to approval unusually fast. He says there is not really any information available about the safety or effectiveness of the Russian vac

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has full confidence in Finance Minister Bill Morneau and that any reports to the contrary are false.Trudeau's office has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement in support of Morneau in a bid to shut down speculation the finance minister is about to be fired.Opposition parties have been calling for Morneau's resignation over allegations that he had a conflict of interest in the WE Charity affair.News that Mark Carney, a former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is helping to advise Trudeau on the post-pandemic economic recovery

Two federal cabinet ministers and the country's top public servant will be grilled today about how a charity with close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wound up administering a $912-million student grant program.The House of Commons ethics committee is scheduled to hear from Youth Minister Bardish Chagger, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough and Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council.The committee is ostensibly conducting a review of the existing safeguards in place to prevent conflicts of interest when the federal government is deciding how to spend taxpayers' dollars.But opposition M

There are 120,132 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 60,627 confirmed (including 5,696 deaths, 53,041 resolved) Ontario: 40,161 confirmed (including 2,786 deaths, 36,381 resolved) Alberta: 11,687 confirmed (including 213 deaths, 10,384 resolved) British Columbia: 4,065 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,425 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,450 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,265 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 543 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 354 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 resol

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is ``deeply concerned'' by a violent crackdown following presidential elections in Belarus. Dozens of people have been injured and thousands detained in the country since Sunday's vote, with police brutally breaking up mostly young protesters. The protests came as Belarusian election officials said authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko had won a sixth term in office with 80 per cent of the vote. Election officials say opposition challenger Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya received 10 per cent of the vote, but she has dismissed th