at 04:03 on June 19, 2013, EDT.

'Shocking' half of First Nations kids living in poverty, new study finds

TORONTO - Half of Canada's First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year.

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at 04:00 on June 19, 2013, EDT.

House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to return from his European trip but he won’t have to endure another grilling in the House of Commons for a while.

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at 01:13 on June 19, 2013, EDT.

Commons Speaker sends MP suspension question to committee

OTTAWA - Manitoba Conservative MP Shelly Glover has changed her mind and decided to file a new expense claim with Elections Canada for the 2011 federal election.

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at 22:46 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

NDP proposes independent scrutiny of MP expenses after killing Liberal proposal

OTTAWA - One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's attempt to open MPs' expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has won approval for a proposal of its own.

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at 21:48 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session

OTTAWA - The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper's Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjourn for the summer.

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at 21:41 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Court decision could prompt talks over ancient First Nations treaty, says lawyer

VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court decision over land use on Vancouver Island could force the provincial and federal governments to implement a treaty first negotiated by the Crown more than 160 years ago, says a lawyer for a First Nation.

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at 20:06 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Postmedia News, Ottawa Citizen win Michener award for reporting on robocalls

OTTAWA - A Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen investigation exposing the use of "robocalls" to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign has won the 2012 Michener Award.

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at 19:32 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Doing nothing is not an option, petroleum producers tell Northern Gateway panel

TERRACE, B.C. - There is a growing imbalance between oil supply and delivery in Canada and doing nothing is not an option, the lawyer for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers told a federal panel weighing the Northern Gateway project.

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at 19:14 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

UN reports highest level of refugees since 1994 as Canada tightens policy

OTTAWA - Refugee numbers around the world are at their highest level since 1994, the United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday in a sobering look at global displacement.

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at 19:02 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Canada-U.S. team develops promising 'sharp-shooter' drug aimed at several cancers

TORONTO - A team of Canadian and U.S. researchers has developed a new "sharp-shooter" drug they hope may be a breakthrough in treating several types of aggressive cancer.

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at 19:02 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Peter MacKay in U.S. capital meeting with Chuck Hagel, John McCain

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain urged the world on Tuesday to learn from past mistakes as it passively observes Syria's bloody civil war while Canada's defence minister, Peter MacKay, stood by the Canadian government's decision against arming the Syrian rebels.

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at 19:00 on June 18, 2013, EDT.

Quebec construction unions warn they could stay on strike for a long time

MONTREAL - Quebec's construction strike settled into its second day with a warning that workers are ready to stay off the job for a long time.

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