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OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing "precisely nothing" to secure his release.

MONTREAL — The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal's public health director said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Health Canada officials say more doses of children's painkillers and fever medication will be available soon, but they won't say how many or where exactly they'll be sent.

More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that monitor Canada's rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the auditor general says.

Bob Nicholson is proud of much of what he accomplished during his time leading Hockey Canada. He pushed to improve on-ice safety and grow the national sports organization's financial might. Its former president and CEO also has regrets.

OTTAWA — The federal government still hasn't provided First Nations with the support they need to respond to emergencies such as wildfires and floods despite warnings almost a decade ago, says a new report from Canada's auditor general.

OTTAWA — The federal government doesn’t know if its initiatives aimed at reducing chronic homelessness are actually working, says auditor general Karen Hogan.

OTTAWA — Government departments must do more to ensure secure storage of information in the digital cloud amid the rising threat of cyberattacks, the federal auditor general has warned.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office confirmed on Tuesday that it deleted a tweet from his official account that denounced Iran based on incomplete "initial reporting" that "lacked necessary context.

BADUNG, Indonesia — At a G20 summit that has been overshadowed by geopolitical tensions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced pledges Tuesday to help developing countries improve their infrastructure, go green and make COVID-19 vaccines.