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A growing number of men and women in the working-age population are getting unemployment benefits, recent data from Statistics Canada shows.

A new report is warning youth unemployment has reached a "troubling" high, hitting a level not seen since 2012, and it could cost the Canadian economy billions in the next decade.

As global diabetes rates rise, prevalence of the disease in Canada has stabilized in recent years, with women seeing the most progress, new research suggests.

New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to cover the costs of one round of in vitro fertilization treatment for people trying to have a baby.

Over a span of 20 years, the number of adults living with a major illness in Ontario is expected to nearly double, a new report from the University of Toronto warns.

Quebec floated a plan to reassign family doctors from healthy patients to the most vulnerable, a move experts warn could be 'detrimental' to overall patient care.

Nolan launched a series of online videos last month to introduce the language — called Anishinaabemowin — to the very youngest members of the community.

If Ottawa is successful in implementing the new population limits, the housing supply gap would stand at 658,000 units in 2030, the PBO said Friday.

Alberta Forestry's Todd Loewen says it was impossible for him to defend the ban on wolverines, lynx, otters, and fishers because population numbers for the animals are unknown.

The mother of a man who was killed who was stabbed to death at a Winnipeg library in 2022 says she doesn't know how to move on, as every day brings new headlines about violence.

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children, a decision experts hope will help make immunizations more widely available.

CIHI's national analysis predicts expenditures will rise by 5.7 per cent in 2024, compared to 4.5 per cent in 2023 and 1.7 per cent in 2022. 

Mayor Valérie Plante says councillors agree that the high number of unhoused people is an urgent concern but declaring a state of emergency would not help.

While pollsters do everything they can to present accurate pictures of an election and predict a result, the job has gotten more difficult in recent years.

Loblaw CEO Per Bank pointed to Canada's growing population and a rising demand for 'multicultural' products as helping to drive sales at T&T Supermarket.

Canada's immigration minister also suggested Ottawa may be looking at boosting enforcement resources to crack down on irregular migrants who don't leave Canada.

Canada is going to slash the number of immigrants it lets into the country starting next year and experts say it could have an impact on the housing market 'very quickly.'

Life expectancy is an estimate of the average number of years a baby born in a given year might expect to live, assuming death rates at that time hold constant.

Calgary city councillors will consider an overall 3.6 per cent increase to property taxes in this year's adjustments to the city's four-year budget.

A new Ipsos poll conducted in partnership with Global BC shows the NDP with a very slim two-point advantage over the Conservatives as the 2024 campaign reaches the finish line.