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The driver of a transport truck was killed after his vehicle fell into a three-metre-deep sinkhole caused by once-in-a-century rainfall and flooding outside London, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police said the 59-year-old driver from Mississauga was killed when a section of Dundonald Road, the main thoroughfare in Glencoe, collapsed. Environment Canada …

The settlements, known as “specific claims,” are designed to correct historic injustices. $150-million settlement with Muskowekwan Saulteaux Nation 1 of several announced this month. First Nations across Saskatchewan are settling claims against the federal government for hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlements, known as “specific claims,” are designed to …

Fires have decimated street signs, downed power lines and razed key landmarks that can make it difficult for fire officials to identify and report every individual property that has been impacted across the Central Okanagan and in the Shuswap region northeast of Kamloops. Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw hope to have residents …

One young person has been arrested after an estimated $10,000 worth of equipment for fighting wildfires was stolen in Kamloops, B.C., according to RCMP. Some of the equipment, which includes a medic kit and a defibrillator, was taken Tuesday at around 2:35 a.m. from two vehicles parked in the 1400-block …

The Ontario government says protected Greenbelt land will not be developed as part of a new subdivision it’s proposing to fast-track in the Town of Caledon, weeks after residents were warned the province planned to use its authority to make that happen.  Ministry says protected lands will no longer be …

Canada’s biggest bank has cut about one per cent of its work force in the last few weeks and is planning to cut up to two per cent more over the next few, RBC revealed in its quarterly earnings on Thursday.  Bank has about 97,000 workers. Canada’s biggest bank has …

Late planting, slow-growing crops, crops growing too fast, too much rain, too much wind — you name it and some P.E.I. cereal grain farmers have experienced it this summer.  Elevator GM expects yields will be down, in part because of higher levels of crop toxin. Grain growers on Prince Edward …

Rainy conditions have helped curb fires and allow residents and visitors to return to some evacuated areas in B.C.’s Central Okanagan, but dry weather is expected to increase fire activity again throughout the area and North Shuswap.  Visitors asked to check with local governments before booking travel to B.C. Interior. …

At Marineland, the Ontario theme park subject to a long running animal welfare investigation, 14 whales and one dolphin have died since 2019, The Canadian Press has learned.  Details about deaths at tourist attraction contained in list created by Ministry of the Solicitor General. At Marineland, the Ontario theme park …

Some advocates are concerned after Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu confirmed this week her department is eyeing spending cuts, telling reporters in Charlottetown she plans to target bureaucratic bloat, not service delivery. ‘The status quo … is discrimination in a lot of cases,’ says Cindy Blackstock. Advocates are concerned after …