Mi’kmaq leaders are calling on Ottawa to address the income assistance disparity they say is keeping some families in deep poverty.

Ta'n Etli-tpi'tmk says Canada must raise on-reserve income assistance rates to provincial levels. The group says there is a ...

An Ontario man has avoided real jail time for trying to defraud six TD Canada Trust branches in the Halifax area over a span of less than seven hours. Nazar Mohmed Zakati, 38, of Mississauga was ...