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OTTAWA — The federal government is spending another $30 million to help people at risk of going hungry. The top-up of the Emergency Food Security Fund will provide more money to the charitable sector to help Canadians access needed food services.

Canada's federal government offered a lifeline to businesses struggling amid the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding eligibility for two benefit programs.

HALIFAX — Community members in a Halifax suburb were in disbelief Wednesday after an eight-year-old boy known for his infectious smile was fatally shot while inside a vehicle with an adult.

University of Calgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky had seen well-preserved dinosaur egg fossils before, but nothing like this. "At one point, I'm pretty sure it winked at me," she laughs.

OTTAWA — The Defence Department's top procurement official says he would feel safe flying on the military's new Cyclone helicopters, and that he is more concerned about an "urban myth" emerging about the aircraft than its actual airworthiness.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government pushed backed Wednesday at U.S. President Joe Biden's televised message to vaccinated Americans that they can gather safely for the holidays despite the spread of the Omicron variant.

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The twinkling of festive lights in reds, greens and golds in Alberta's two major city centres is little comfort for thousands of unhoused people trying to survive another winter cold spell.

OTTAWA — If the Conservative Party of Canada were a person, it would have reached the age where it could vote and legally drink in half the provinces.

As cases of the Omicron variant surge and Canadians race to secure COVID-19 booster shots, questions are being raised about how long it takes for third doses to become effective and what to do if someone contracts the virus before being able to get t