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VIDEO: Early morning lightning storm sparks multiple fires across central Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - A large, active storm system making its way through Vancouver Island is leaving behind some wildfire activity.Four fires were sparked in a matter of hours after an early morning storm system...
Aug 10, 2022
Draft speech on residential schools edited out blaming Ottawa for abuse: documents
Ottawa was careful to avoid admitting abuses Indigenous children suffered at residential schools happened "at the hands of the federal government" in remarks prepared for a Liberal cabinet minister af...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec rejects plea to send army to northern region facing health worker shortage
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it has rejected a request from officials in the northern region of Nunavik that the Armed Forces be brought in to help ease a shortage of health-care workers...
Aug 10, 2022
World food crisis prompts rise in child marriages: Canadian aid agencies
OTTAWA - Canadian aid agencies are warning that the world food crisis, made worse by the war in Ukraine, is leading to a rise in underage girls being forced into marriage. Plan International Canada sa...
Aug 10, 2022
Coroner's report shows 16 suspected heat deaths linked to recent B.C. hot spell
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service is reporting 16 suspected heat-related deaths in late July and early August, coinciding with heat warnings over much of the province during the same pe...
Aug 10, 2022
Manitoba first province to sign on to federal funding for crisis hotlines
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is the first province to sign on to new federal funding for crisis centres that help victims of gender-based violence. The federal government will provide Manitoba up to $1 million...
Aug 10, 2022
Ottawa woman who went missing in 1980 had been living outside Canada, recently died
OTTAWA - A four-decade-old missing persons case has been resolved more than a year after the woman's family made a renewed plea for information. Dale Nancy Wyman told some family members she was think...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec religious minorities feel less safe, hopeful due to secularism law: survey
MONTREAL - A new survey has found that religious minorities in Quebec are feeling less safe, less accepted and less hopeful since the province passed its secularism law three years ago. The survey res...
Aug 10, 2022
Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups
OTTAWA - More than two dozen plastic makers are asking the Federal Court to put an end to Ottawa's plan to ban several single-use plastic items including straws, cutlery and takeout containers. It is ...
Aug 10, 2022
Canadian forward Tyler Pasher finds a new MLS home with the New York Red Bulls
HARRISON, N.J. - Less than a week after being waived by the Houston Dynamo, Canadian international forward Tyler Pasher has landed with the New York Red Bulls. The 28-year-old from Elmira, Ont., made ...
Aug 10, 2022