Morneau says the government had to decide what areas of the country needed the most help with extra weeks of employment insurance benefits for unemployed workers.
Environmentalists say talks on creating a third national marine conservation area are being held up over Arctic offshore energy exploration permits that may not legally exist.
Police say a 20-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted on the University of British Columbia campus.
The calf, known as J54, is one of eight babies born into the Southern Resident Killer Whale population since Dec. 30, 2014, but only one of the calves has been confirmed as a female.
The family of a Canadian teacher jailed in Indonesia says it will take another six to eight months before he can feasibly be freed.
They found a man in his mid-30s who pronounced dead at the scene.