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Homes have been levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.’s Shuswap and Okanagan regions.  Properties levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.’s Shuswap and Okanagan regions. If the power or data on your device is low, you can get wildfire updates on CBC Lite, our low-bandwidth, text-only website. The latest on wildfires: …

One patient of Stanton Territorial Hospital died on Friday during preparations for transport out of Yellowknife during the evacuation due to a wildfire, according to N.W.T.’s health minister. Julie Green said during a virtual news conference Saturday that the death was “expected,” and offered her sympathies to the man’s family. …

Several properties have been destroyed by a fast-burning, “unpredictable” wildfire in the West Kelowna area, officials say, as crews fight through what the B.C. Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the province’s fire season.  Premier David Eby urged British Columbians to avoid non-essential travel to …

Northwest Territories officials said on Friday evening that more than 19,000 people have fled from Yellowknife due to wildfires and urged those who remain to join the evacuation efforts.  Officials urge those who remain to flee as soon as possible. Yellowknife almost empty after evacuation deadline passes With a wildfire …

Alberta’s health minister says Alberta Health Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ownership of Dynalife, which will see the private provider transfer all of its staff, operations and physical locations to the government-owned Alberta Precision Labs by the end of 2023. “This change is necessary to make …

Hamilton police and McMaster University say students should be on the lookout for scams as September draws near. Security reports obtained by CBC Hamilton through a freedom of information request reveal some of the scams that stole money from students. Tuition discount scams, rent scams, textbook scams and phishing are …

Since April 2022, Canada's acting union and the trade organization representing ad agencies haven’t been able to renegotiate a deal that sets the rules for using actors in ads. As a result, Canadian actors say they've seen a key source of income dry up. Union actors say they're unable to …

The RCMP's vacancy rates are at crisis levels. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says he has a strategy to make being a Mountie a more attractive career. Commissioner Mike Duheme says widespread staffing shortages have left the RCMP at a 'crossroads' At first glance, the decrepit building in Dillon, Sask., doesn't …

Early signals point to Canada entering a fall COVID-19 wave. How big that surge becomes will largely hinge on the country’s level of population immunity, experts say, as well as the timing of fall booster shots that aren’t yet approved in either Canada or the U.S.  Positive tests, hospitalizations creeping …

A coalition of Ontario First Nations leaders is calling for the housing minister and his chief of staff to step down after the province’s auditor general faulted the provincial government for failing to consult with Indigenous communities on opening up protected Greenbelt land for housing development.  Premier’s spokesperson says ministers …