Canada

Wildfire leads to evacuation order in B.C. town that set Canadian heat wave record

LYTTON, B.C. - Residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire. Mayor Jan Polderman of Lytton issued the evacuation order and says on Tw...

Jun 30, 2021

Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote from party executives next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year. Liana Cusmano...

Jun 30, 2021

Body of man found in septic tank in 1977 identified using genetic genealogy: RCMP

EDMONTON - RCMP say they have identified a man whose burned body was found in a septic tank on an abandoned Alberta farm 44 years ago. Staff Sgt. Jason Zazulak says the victim is Gordon (Gordie) Edwin...

Jun 30, 2021

B.C. First Nation says remains of 182 found near former residential school

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia's southern Interior says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves at a site close to...

Jun 30, 2021

Ontarians line up for haircuts as province rolls back public health restrictions

TORONTO - Ontarians lined up for their first haircuts in months on Wednesday as the province rolled back public health restrictions on salons and other businesses in light of a decline in COVID-19 cas...

Jun 30, 2021

Nova Scotia RCMP report suspicious fire at Catholic church in First Nations community

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged the Catholic church in a First Nations community north of Halifax, the latest in a recent string of church fires on Indigen...

Jun 30, 2021

'Never meant to hurt this lady': Man apologizes for woman's death in Edmonton hotel

EDMONTON - An Ontario truck driver held his face and cried as he apologized to his family and the family of a woman he killed in an Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton told his sentencing hearing Wedn...

Jun 30, 2021

Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief public health officer says hospitals in the territory are reaching their limits during widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Dr. Brendan Hanley says Yukon has the h...

Jun 30, 2021

Western heat shifts in some areas of B.C., territories, but still blazing elsewhere

Record heat is easing for parts of British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories, but Environment Canada warns relief is still days away for eastern B.C. and the Prairies. The weather office has l...

Jun 30, 2021

Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say arson and vandalism targeting churches is not the way to get justice following the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential scho...

Jun 30, 2021