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Coun. Mark Ploughman says anxiety lingers over the possibility of future fires Hope and anxiety in C.B.N. as residents rebuild after wildfires  Nearly a year has passed since a wildfire tore through Conception Bay North, consuming homes and ravaging the land. Now, residents have returned and are trying to move …

MPs and majority of senators at odds, but report to produce one single recommendation A son holds his mother’s hands days before she was provided medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Vancouver in September 2020. A parliamentary committee is expected to table a report on MAID in the House of …

‘It’s all going to be OK,’ says ambassador as trade deal review period nears Canada’s Ambassador to the United States Mark Wiseman reassured a business crowd in Toronto on Monday that the trilateral trade deal will be here for years to come. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)  Canada’s ambassador to the …

Thousands granted citizenship certificates after change late last year Many of those who have received Canadian citizenship certificates since December as a result of Bill C-3 were shocked over the weekend to receive a notice from the Canadian government suspending their certificates and asking for them to be returned. (Adrian …

‘That’s not systemic racism,’ Fréchette said when asked about 16 police officers being investigated for racism Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette wouldn’t acknowledge the existence of systemic racism in Quebec during an interview about 16 police officers who are being investigated in Montréal-Nord for allegations of co-ordinated racist behaviour in the …

2 people airlifted to hospital, WorkSafeBC investigating as school district confirms students injured RCMP say 12 people were taken to hospital with serious injuries but in stable condition after an incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark on Monday, June 15, 2026. (CBC News)  Police say 12 youths were taken to …

‘This was not a simple act of mischief,’ Avon Maitland District School Board said Monday. A flagpole is seen toppled at North Easthope Public School in Ontario’s Perth County. (Avon Maitland District School Board)  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after flagpoles with Pride flags were cut down and rainbow flags were …

Friday’s crash was between driver-occupied SUV, van carrying 10 family members Nancy Doerksen, centre with the bouquet, is shown on her wedding day to Henry. Doerksen lost five siblings in a crash Friday night near Elmira, Ont. The image is on a fundraising page started by Doerksen. The red arrows …

CUPE president says government should put report ‘straight into the trash bin’ CPKC rail cars sit idle in a railyard in Calgary on Aug. 22, 2024, during a work stoppage. That same day, the government imposed binding arbitration to end the labour action. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)  Labour leaders are speaking …

Original HMCS Fraser helped evacuate troops from France before fatal collision An undated photo of the first HMCS Fraser is shown. The ship sank in June 1940 after an accidental collision with HMS Calcutta. (Government of Canada)  When Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee spoke Friday in Halifax at the keel-laying ceremony for Canada’s …