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KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Upgrades to communications systems in British Columbia's wildfire zones are needed to save lives and properties, says a report released Wednesday. The Thompson Rivers University report, which examined B.C.

OTTAWA — Kevin Vuong will not step down after winning election as a Liberal even though he'd been dumped from the party ticket.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The Green Party faces a self-reckoning after a federal election that dashed hopes of growth following a year marred by internal strife, say Green officials past and present.

MONTREAL — The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government officials came to help.

OTTAWA — Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change.

MONTREAL — Federal health transfers to the provinces are the most urgent political issue facing the country, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Wednesday as he called on the prime minister to convene a health summit with the premiers a

New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead.

OTTAWA — The lawyers for an Ottawa bus driver charged in connection with a deadly crash in 2019 say their client's acquittal has been a long time coming.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals may soon start feeling the pressure to move quickly on spending and tax plans, buoyed by a more optimistic outlook for federal finances and an electorate the parties have said is eager to see more policy-making than poli