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Trudeau tour begins and wildfires continue to burn: In The News for July 19, 2022

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, July 19, 2022 ... What we are watchin...

Jul 19, 2022

Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community at the centre of a violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the full impl...

Jul 19, 2022

Wildfire threats grow in western provinces, as warmer and drier weather forecast

Canada's western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C. Wildfire Service is keeping an eye on the Nohomin Creek Fire, which measures more than 20...

Jul 19, 2022

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. - The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers w...

Jul 19, 2022

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. - The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers w...

Jul 18, 2022

Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts

VANCOUVER - Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Ottawa is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall. Bill Blair says the mon...

Jul 18, 2022

Patrick Brown says he will seek re-election in Brampton mayoral race this fall

Weeks after his bid for the federal Conservative leadership came to an abrupt end over allegations of wrongdoing, Patrick Brown announced Monday he will seek to stay on as mayor of Brampton, Ont., off...

Jul 18, 2022

Coalition Avenir Québec under fire for election ad described as exploitative

MONTREAL - Quebec's governing party is defending itself against accusations it underpaid and took advantage of a woman who appeared in a widely promoted election ad. The Coalition Avenir Qubec is bein...

Jul 18, 2022

Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigates fatal seaplane crash in Quebec

MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a seaplane crash in Quebec's Mauricie region that killed a 63-year-old man. Provincial police say they were called around 3:45 p.m...

Jul 18, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King granted bail

OTTAWA - Pat King, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks last winter, has been granted bail. The decision was delivered in an Ottawa courtroom Monday by S...

Jul 18, 2022