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Partial evacuation order due to forest fires lifted in Quebec Cree community
MONTREAL - The Cree Nation of Wemindji in northwestern Quebec has lifted an evacuation order for medically vulnerable people after nearby forest fires led the community to declare a state of emergency...
Aug 19, 2023

Former Quebec NDP MP Roméo Saganash charged with sexual assault in Winnipeg
OTTAWA - Winnipeg police say former New Democrat MP Romo Saganash has been charged with sexual assault. Police say they arrested Saganash on June 27 in relation to an allegation from May 1 in Winnipeg...
Aug 19, 2023

Canada's Evan Dunfee places fourth in men's 20km race walk at world championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada's Evan Dunfee placed fourth in the men's 20-kilometre race walk at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday. The 32-year-old Richmond, B.C., native set a national recor...
Aug 19, 2023

Toronto FC has high hopes for young South African international Cassius Mailula
TORONTO - While Toronto FC hopes South African international Cassius Mailula can make a difference this season, it's clear both parties have an eye to the future. For TFC, the 22-year-old forward repr...
Aug 19, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 19, 2023

Sweden beats Australia to win another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Sweden won yet another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup, with Fridolina Rolfo and Kosovare Asllani scoring Saturday in a clinical 2-0 win over tournament co-host Austra...
Aug 19, 2023

Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden for 1st time since full-scale war with Russia
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Sweden on Saturday - his first visit to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the Swedish government...
Aug 19, 2023

'Nation-building moment': Yukon eyes connection to B.C. electricity grid
Yukon's energy minister says Canada's push for more green energy and a net-zero electricity grid should spark renewed interest in connecting the territory's power to British Columbia. Minister of Ener...
Aug 19, 2023

'Most of the people are now gone': Yellowknife nearly emptied as fire fight continues
YELLOWKNIFE - Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire. An evacuation order issued...
Aug 19, 2023

B.C. in state of emergency amid desperate fight to save West Kelowna from wildfires
WEST KELOWNA - The wildfire battle in British Columbia continues today, focusing on the central Okanagan, where flames tore through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of neighbouring Kelow...
Aug 19, 2023