Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $15-billion top-up to the federal government's Apartment Construction Loan Program and says the government plans to leverage the soon-to-be $55-billion program to encourage provincial and territorial partnerships to boost the number of rental units across Canada.

A new report commissioned by the U.S. State Department is warning governments are running out of time to implement comprehensive safeguards on the development and regulation of advanced artificial intelligence and that the future of the human species could be at stake.

The Canadian government has confirmed it will restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The government suspended funding in January after Israel alleged 12 employees of the agency were involved in the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who died Thursday at the age of 84, was a vocal opponent of apartheid. Mulroney and his government consistently called for an end to white minority rule of South Africa's majority Black population and marshalled Western support for economic sanctions against Pretoria.

All of Canada's ambassadors and heads of mission have signed a letter to senior Global Affairs Canada officials warning that Canadian staff abroad are struggling to access health care coverage.

The federal government is facing renewed pressure on defence spending as the United States urges Ottawa to come up witha concrete plan to meet its spending commitments as a NATO ally.