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A small group of wood bison lingered on the edge of town, and a light snow started to fall as the meeting hall in Fort Providence, NWT, filled with leaders, elders, children and friends. We gathered to mark the creation of the Edéhzhíe Dehcho Protected Area/National Wildlife Area, a sweep of 14,249 square kilometres of boreal forest and clean waters west of Yellowknife. The Dehcho First Nations have worked to conserve this area for many years, and a sense of hope and excitement filled the room.

An NDP MP has offered a "simple plan" for the federal government to scrap a controversial $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and protect Canadian jobs.

OTTAWA — Mexico won't sign the new North American free trade agreement unless the U.S. removes steel and aluminum tariffs on its two continental neighbours, says a senior Mexican official.

TORONTO — Major shortcomings in a Toronto police probe into the deaths of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman have prompted the couple's relatives to offer a multimillion-dollar reward for information that would solve the case, a lawyer for the family said Friday.

Americans have CVS, but Canadians have SDM for their drugstore beauty needs.

With marijuana now legal in Canada, many people are making their way into the cannabis industry, bringing their skills and training into the budding sector.

Aren't words wonderful?

We use them to tell tales, express our feelings, and record history.

But what happens when we look at the history of words — specifically, at what point certain words first appeared in the English lexicon?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary has introduced an online tool called Time Traveler that allows anyone to search words and phrases that first appeared in writing or print the year they were born.

It's a fascinating look at the evolution of the Internet... Читать дальше...

The sneakerheads are right: their shoe collections can be a great investment.

As told to Nicholas Mizera, Opinion/Blogs Editor, HuffPost Canada

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. — I grew up in a suburb of Edmonton, but when I was entering Grade 10 I moved to Sault Ste. Marie. There were many things that made the city special — magical, even. There's a real sense of community and caring, and these weird natural treasures that you wouldn't find anywhere else (like the perfect circle of trees in the park near my house). At night I could open my window and see the stars. There was no light from the city blocking it. Читать дальше...

For children, books are doorways into new worlds. Their pages can transport readers into adventure, love, mystery, celebration, and so much more. They can also bring parents and children together through shared experiences and belonging — especially if they can see themselves in the story.

Every Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP agreed not to scrap the job leave policy for victims of domestic and sexual violence that was designed by the Liberal government, the minister of labour says.

What workers do on the job is their employer's business, obviously, but what they do on their own time is, for the most part, no one's business but their own and their family's.

OTTAWA — A bill to enact a new trade pact with Pacific Rim countries has passed the legislative finish line, making Canada one of the first countries to ratify the 11-country deal.

A group of Canadian doctors will begin prescribing trips to an art gallery to help patients suffering from a range of ailments become a picture of health.

The North French River in the Moose Cree homeland is an area of great cultural and environmental significance to the Moose Cree people and to Canadians. "You can still drink the water directly from the river," Chief Patricia Faries told a packed theatre in Toronto this past April. Yet, the situation is untenable.

Every year, Air Canada does its part to ensure people still want to travel the country (presumably with their airline) by enticing us to indulge in food and drink offerings from across our fair nation.

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man who murdered four people as a teenager and left his two-month-old niece in a room with her dead mother has been granted full parole.

The world's agriculture producers are not growing enough fruits and vegetables to feed the global population a healthy diet, according to new Canadian-led research.