While cost can be a barrier, interest is growing in net-zero homes that both produce energy and use it wisely.

Seven probable cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. have been discovered in Pauingassi First Nation in eastern Manitoba, according to a news release from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs issued on Saturday evening.

Daugher Linda Whonnock reflects on the loss of her mother, who, as a community leader and post-secondary elder-in-residence, was like a mother to so many.

Canadian privacy commissioners have called for stronger federal and provincial privacy laws after they found American technology firm Clearview AI violated privacy laws by collecting photos of Canadians without their knowledge or consent.

For the first time in Canadian history, in-person voting in a provincial election has been halted. A case involving a coronavirus variant was reported in St. John’s the night before polls were to have opened across Newfoundland and Labrador, which has gone from being relatively free of COVID-19 to a hot spot for new cases.

Hamilton police are investigating a video that appears to show an officer lunging at a woman. The video surfaced on social media Thursday and Hamilton Police Service says its professional standards branch is leading the investigation. In a news release, the police service described the video as “concerning.”

The commissioner heading Alberta’s inquiry into alleged foreign-funded attacks on the energy industry is independent and objective and should be allowed to complete the inquiry, his lawyer argued Friday.

Just over one per cent of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is covered in ice this week — much less than in a normal year, when almost a third would be iced in, according to a news release from Environment Canada.

The federal government is diverting portions of vaccine shipments from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to help supply Canada’s North, provincial health officials said Friday.

Vaccinations at Nova Scotia’s long-term care homes will temporarily slow as a portion of the province’s Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shipments are diverted to Canada’s north, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health said at a news conference Friday.