Nunavut's Leona Aglukkaq will be the first Inuk ever to lead the Arctic Council, the world's main international forum on northern issues. ...

After a long cold winter, Attawapiskat residents got a rude spring awakening -- an overwhelmed drainage system is swamping the Ontario reserve in sewa...

Health Canada is winding down the funding for the Health Council of Canada, the independent body responsible for monitoring the results of the federal...

The Northwest Territories is expected to get a final devolution agreement Monday, which will give the territory control over its Crown lands and resou...

OTTAWA - One of the two aboriginal MPs in the Conservative cabinet has called on Chief Theresa Spence to abandon her fast aimed at securing a meeting ...

VANCOUVER -- Ottawa's decision to snuff its role in dispensing medical marijuana has ignited a debate over how the move will impact public health and ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is refusing to interfere in the drug approval process to halt the highly addictive generic form of OxyContin, saying t...

CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - The federal health minister will lead the international Arctic Council next year as it grapples with whether to allow other c...

YELLOWKNIFE - Most Canadians say health care should be Ottawa's top priority and the federal government should play a leading role in protecting and s...

HAMILTON - Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has become the latest federal cabinet minister to be interrupted during a funding announcement event by crit...

OTTAWA — A family doctor crashed a funding announcement by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq Wednesday as part of an aggressive campaign by some health...

In recommendations released today, the UN Committee Against Torture slammed Canada's treatment of prisoners with mental health issues. Given that Canada is viewed by many as the "gold standard" in corrections, these findings are also an important reminder that serious problems remain within the Correctional Service of Canada.

When Prime Minister Harper issued the apology for residential schools, he promised to forge a new relationship with Aboriginal Canadians. Well, we have our apology and the new relationship that was promised has yet to appear. In fact, the Conservatives have drastically cut Aboriginal health and food programs while knowing full well that Aboriginal people across Canada are struggling with these issues.

A federal cabinet minister slammed activist groups who she says interfere in Inuit traditions, blaming them for food security problems in...

OTTAWA — While MPs prepare to pose Thursday for photographs with seal fur pins on their lapels in support of the sealing industry, one Liberal senat...

OTTAWA - Ottawa has finally approved bold new labelling for cigarette packages, telling tobacco manufacturers they have until March to conform.Health ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The federal government can remove unsafe products from store shelves under new rules now in effect after years of delay...