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Latest News Canada

Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

Defrocked priest facing new sexual assault charges in Igloolik, Nunavut

Newfoundland police issue Amber Alert for 14-year-old girl said to be abducted

Wilkinson urges collaboration after Saskatchewan rejects federal energy table

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Thick smoke from wildfires blankets the downtown in Calgary last month.

Wildfires: What Toronto can learn from Western Canada about living under smoke

Smoke from wildfires blazing across the country rolled into Toronto this week and is expected to get worse before it gets better.

A rally was held recently for international students facing deportation to India, outside Canada Borders Services Agency office on Airport Road.

‘The students are victims’: Stop deporting Indian students caught in fake admission letter scandal, parliamentary committee urges CBSA

The Statue of Liberty stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires on Tuesday.

‘The new reality’? Canadian wildfires become the global face of unfolding ecological disaster

Alberta spiritual leader, wife facing additional sexual assault charges: police

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

Man acquitted of assaulting officer with water bottle at Halifax housing protest

B.C. Fire Commissioner Brian Godlonton is seen at the B.C. legislature on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. A report from the commissioner says there were 86 deaths due to fires in British Columbia last year, a toll that has tripled in three years.

Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report

British Columbia

Labour Minister Harry Bains has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve the "incredibly challenging" bus strike in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. Bains listens to a question in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, March 14, 2022.

B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

Wildfire triggers evacuation order for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

A T&T Supermarket storefront is seen in Sage Hill Plaza in Calgary, Alta., in a Dec. 1, 2022, handout photo. T&T Supermarkets says it’s expanding into the U.S. with a store in Bellevue, Washington, set to open next summer.

Loblaw-owned T&T Supermarkets to open U.S. flagship store in Bellevue, Washington

RCMP rescues swimmers in Creston’s Goat River who were swept away into rapids

Vancouver’s Chinatown provides a shifting backdrop for divisive condo proposal

‘Greatest of all time’: Opponent, fighters pay tribute to Nunes ahead of title fight

Alberta

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith makes an election campaign announcement in Calgary on Friday, May 26, 2023. Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated candidates to advise her in Edmonton.

Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

Stantec buying Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design

Lawyer tells Alberta’s highest court review board biased in de Grood’s case

Ontario

A referee looks on as children take part in a North Toronto Soccer match at Eglinton Park in Toronto on May 20, 2023.

Provincial Politics

Sport ‘needs to change,’ says Ontario minister as referee body-cam project begins for youth soccer

Starting this month, Ontario Soccer is providing body cameras to referees, mainly in the under-nine and under-11 age groups.

Homeless encampments are growing again in Toronto, as the city faces a surging crisis

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford touts PC record as MPPs head off for summer break

Bad air quality is dangerous for your pets. Here’s how to protect them from wildfire smoke

Shane Doan joining Leafs GM Brad Treliving as special assistant

One dead, eight injured after collision in Mississauga: police

Quebec

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes speaks during a news conference in Brossard, Que., Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Hughes disagrees with the perception that NHL players don't want to play in Montreal.

Canadiens GM Kent Hughes says NHLers want to play in Montreal

A Corsi-Rosenthal box air purifier, built by Richard L. Corsi, dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering.

This DIY air purifier could improve your home’s air quality and protect you from wildfire smoke. Here’s how to make it

Quebec fires: situation ‘stable’ for coming days; evacuees stuck until next week

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Stretched thin, parents have swath of options to save for children’s education

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman poses for a photo at the legislature in Halifax, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. A volunteer group in northern Nova Scotia says it is requesting a judicial review of the province’s decision last month to approve a wind farm in the Wentworth Valley.

Group seeking court review of approval for wind farm project in northern Nova Scotia

More evacuation orders to be lifted for Halifax-area residents affected by wildfires

Cyber gang behind N.S. breach says it erased stolen data, but experts urge caution