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A fragmented system that makes British Columbia responsible for regional districts but gives the federal government authority for First Nations is hampering Indigenous groups in the wildfire fight, community leaders say. Miranda Louie of the Nadleh Whut’en in central B.C. said the regional district has been calling Chief Larry Nooski …

It’s been more than two decades since David Milgaard was released from prison after serving more than 20 years for a rape and murder he didn’t commit. But he hasn’t forgotten about a group of volunteers who helped him make it through his time in jail. And for that, Milgaard …

An invasive species of fish has been sighted for the first time at Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia, and officials are doing everything in their power to prevent it’s spread. Only one fish was found, but that doesn’t mean the threat isn’t there. A chain pickerel was caught in …

A recent spate of shootings is driving a swelling chorus of calls for a handgun ban — but the nation’s top Mountie says she isn’t convinced it’s the answer. On Monday, Montreal’s city council will debate whether to push for a federal ban on handguns. The motion before council calls …

The three people who died in Thursday’s deadly plane crash near Fort Simpson, N.W.T., were tourists from Alberta and Saskatchewan who were on a day tour of the Nahanni National Park Reserve, according to Ted Grant, the owner of Simpson Air. Five people were in a Cessna 206 that went …

As her friend was overdosing on drugs laced with fentanyl, Katrina Adams called 911 in a panic. While paramedics were working to save the woman’s life, police walked through the back door and began arresting other people in the house on drug charges. “A friend is overdosing and they’re concerned …

Three people died after a Simpson Air flight crashed Thursday night in the Northwest Territories, the Transportation Safety Board has confirmed. The territorial Health and Social Services department says two survivors were treated and released. The TSB said the crash happened at 6:35 p.m. MT and involved a Cessna 206. …

Hundreds of cancer patients in dozens of Ontario hospitals may not have received the full amount of chemotherapy drug prescribed to them in the past year, a review commissioned by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) has found. CCO found that more than the expected amounts of the drug remained in the …

A New Brunswick judge has lifted a publication ban on previously reported details about the Fredericton shooting a week ago that claimed the lives of two city police officers and two civilians. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Judy Clendening delivered a brief oral decision Friday morning after CBC News and …

A Federal Court judge wants input by the end of the month into whether he has the power to decide how much the government should pay lawyers who successfully pursued an unprecedented lawsuit against Canada for the loss of Indigenous identity suffered by victims of the ’60s Scoop. Sixties Scoop …