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OTTAWA — Longtime Conservative MP Karen Vecchio announced Tuesday she will not be seeking another term in the next federal election. Vecchio revealed her decision during an interview on 94.1 myFM, a local radio station in St. Thomas, Ont.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a woman found dead inside an apartment in the Lachine borough was the victim of a homicide. The death of the 64-year-old is the 21st murder of the year on the territory served by the Montreal police.

MONTREAL — More than two years after Quebec lifted most of its COVID-era public health measures, the province has only recouped a little over one-third of the $68 million it issued in pandemic-related fines.

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JASPER — Parks Canada wants everyone to know that despite the wildfire scorching Jasper National Park, Bear 222 is OK. "She looks like a very healthy grizzly bear right now," the federal agency said on a social media thread.

Laurence Desjardins says the wind was loud enough to keep her awake through the night as white ash fell around the tent where she was camping with friends on a glacier in B.C.'s West Kootenay region.

OTTAWA — An internal report from the federal public service released Monday says Black and racialized Privy Council Office employees experience racism and discrimination in the workplace.

MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Police say two people are dead after an amateur-built plane crashed north of the Merritt, B.C. airport, about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.

The smoke is so thick in New Denver, B.C., that Nicole Blacksioux can no longer see the flames from her deck that were candling up the trees in the wildfire across the lake.

WHITEHORSE, YUKON — WestJet and Whitehorse-based Air North have announced a new agreement that will allow single-ticket travel across both airlines' networks.