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First Nation evacuees fleeing wildfire face safety risks in Toronto, leaders say
TORONTO — In a Toronto hotel off Highway 401, a bag check station screening for…

Tributes pour in for Halifax engineering professor who died after a road accident
HALIFAX — Tributes are pouring in for a Dalhousie University engineering professor and cyclist described…

Canadian Transportation Agency approves Lac-Mégantic bypass construction
MONTREAL — The Canadian Transportation Agency has approved the construction of a bypass to divert…

B.C. man indicted in U.S. fought off deportation in 2008, despite drug conviction
VANCOUVER — Court and immigration board records show that a British Columbia suspect indicted by…

Teen badly hurt in latest in a series of electric dirt bike, scooter crashes in B.C.
BURNABY — A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Metro Vancouver…

Advocacy group welcomes property crime program, says B.C. must deal with root cause
The British Columbia government is going to spend $16 million over the next two years…

Stabbing, drugs, shootings at Vancouver strip club. Owner says he’s unfairly targeted
VANCOUVER — In the eyes of the B.C. Supreme Court, the Gallery Show Lounge Strip…

Wet’suwet’en chief loses contempt appeal after citing Indigenous law
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal says a Wet’suwet’en chief found guilty of criminal…

In the news today: Byelections, Quebec premier, N.S. strike, New cancer study
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…

RCMP in B.C. seize 115 kg of meth, hidden in jars of pickles bound for Australia
VANCOUVER — RCMP in British Columbia say they have foiled an operation to smuggle methamphetamine…

B.C. man killed in logging truck, pickup crash on Highway 97 near Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE — British Columbia’s Highway Patrol is urging drivers in the northern Interior to…

