National News

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Work ongoing on wildfires near B.C.

The mayor of Slocan, B.C., says the skies were filled with ominous thick smoke while she drove out of her community that's now under an evacuation order as wildfires burn on either side.

EDMONTON — Parks Canada says it realizes wildfire evacuees from Jasper worry about what rotting food will do to their homes and that others wonder when a critical highway through the national park will reopen, but it says the blaze continues to burn

OTTAWA — A pair of federal byelections will be held in September to fill vacant seats in Quebec and Manitoba, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday.

MONTREAL — Municipalities in Quebec’s capital region have recently begun using artificial intelligence to track everything from tree cover to cars -- and even backyard pools.

HINTON, ALBERTA — A Parks Canada official says a wildfire that's destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper and continues to burn out-of-control in the national park could still be burning months from now.

Wildfire officials says the risk level in British Columbia is improving thanks to rainfall and cooler temperatures in many parts of the province.

MONTREAL — Several dozen protesters gathered in front of a Montreal hospital on Saturday afternoon to protest Quebec’s French language reform law as anxieties deepen over the ability to access health-care services in languages other than French.

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MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police are investigating a fatal hit and run that took place early on Saturday morning near Mont-Tremblant, Que, in the Laurentians region of the province.