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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... More join the thousands fleeing wildfires in Sask. The latest wildfire evacuees in Saskatchewan are being told...

PRINCE ALBERT - As Manitoba grapples with wildfires that have forced more than 17,000 people from their homes, the premier of Saskatchewan said Tuesday the situation is becoming just as dire in his pr...

OTTAWA - Proposed federal legislation would give authorities new powers to search mail, make it easier for officials to pause or cancel immigration applications and expand the Canadian Coast Guard's r...

The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port C...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be appr...

Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada. The MP for Burlington North-Milton West in Ontario was appointed Secretary of State...

MONTREAL - Montreal is forging ahead with new rules banning many short-term rentals for nine months a year, hoping to alleviate a housing crunch and strike a blow in a lengthy battle against unauthori...

MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon has begun his testimony in his civil trial on allegations of sexual assault. Rozon, 70, testified for nearly an hour at the courthouse in Montreal on M...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessme...

OTTAWA - The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for Canada's governments as they look to fast-track projects t...