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The service says the Becker Lake wildfire is only one hectare but is very visible from Vernon and the surrounding area. The fire is currently classified as "out of control." 

The widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Saturday accused shadowy enemies of organizing his assassination to stop democratic change, as a struggle for power intensified in the Caribbean nation.

Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West Coast this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.

Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.

Police in Bangladesh arrested eight people Saturday on murder charges in connection with a factory fire that killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, a senior police official said.

Federal political parties in Canada are free to campaign and advertise without extra restrictions this summer, unlike in 2019 when they faced pre-election spending rules — thanks to a loophole in the Elections Modernization Act and a minority government.

A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

I wish I didn’t have to be a "real" girl to be allowed to exist, writes trans activist Mikayla Cadger.

Experts say the destruction of Lytton will have mental health ramifications across B.C.

Indonesia is running out of oxygen as it endures a devastating wave of coronavirus cases, while coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit another daily record, with authorities reporting 752 more fatalities amid a continuing surge in infections.

The European Union says it now has enough doses to meet its goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of the region's adult population by the end of this month.

The European Union says it now has enough doses to meet its goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of the region's adult population by the end of this month.

Canada's border agents are bracing for a spike in would-be travellers trying to enter the country on the first full weekend since travel restrictions began to ease.

A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years ago has been hoisted off its stone pedestal.

A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years ago has been hoisted off its stone pedestal.

Work is underway to take down a Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years ago

A number of Indigenous people are calling on Premier Brian Pallister to educate himself on their history in the province, after he gave what they say is a distorted reframing of colonization earlier this week.

An Ottawa family determined to spend the summer in their home province, biked more than 1,000 kilometres to New Brunswick. 

Thousands of homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning after post-tropical storm Elsa swept through the Maritimes overnight.

Power is returning to thousands of homes and businesses Saturday morning after post-tropical storm Elsa swept through the Maritimes overnight.

Power is returning to thousands of homes and businesses Saturday morning after post-tropical storm Elsa swept through the Maritimes overnight.

Visitors wear headsets that connect to their smartphone and allow them to identify the stars, planets and constellations.

Labour advocates say essential workers have borne the brunt of the pandemic, and that they’re owed a future with higher wages and better worker protections.

COVID-19 levels haven’t been this low in Canada in a long time, but the actions we take now to maintain control mean the difference between living with the virus or hiding from it in the weeks and months ahead.

A once-in-a-century drought in Brazil has walloped the world's largest coffee crop, leading to the highest prices in years for a market that was already dealing with climate change and COVID-related volatility.

The Taliban did something last weekend they've been unable to do for nearly two decades. They captured a key district on the edge of Kandahar City — a region many Canadian soldiers gave their lives to defend. The event was greeted with a mixture of dismay, sadness and resignation by the ordinary troops who fought there.

A Catholic priest is speaking out against his own church, saying he's ashamed it used a legal "loophole" to escape its $25-million promise to residential school survivors.

The fire that destroyed most of a northern B.C. village has renewed calls to bolster Canada's ability to respond to emergencies fuelled by climate change.

Operation Fish might be the most important Second World War mission you've never heard of — and that was precisely the point.

The upcoming historical drama The Porter is the largest Black-led TV series ever created in Canada. Despite this success, other events offer a more sobering look at how far there is to go in supporting Black filmmakers and their stories.

On this week’s show: Epidemiologist Nazeem Muhajarine discusses ways to increase vaccine uptake across the country. CBC’s Murray Brewster reports on the Taliban’s capture of territory once patrolled by Canadians. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson talks about Canada’s readiness for the effects of climate change. Plus — a look at the fate of Bill C-6, which aims to ban conversion therapy.

Canada has held back from sanctioning, or heavily criticizing, the Ethiopian government of Abiy Ahmed, condemned by the UN, United States and European Union for war crimes and atrocities in the Tigray region.

A retired judge has determined that a further investigation is needed in the case of two Vancouver police officers and their alleged treatment of an Indigenous man.

Among the three billionaires throwing money behind their own rockets in a race to space, Richard Branson may be the first to take flight after his company Virgin Galactic received approval from the U.S. aviation safety regulator to fly people to space.

The Transportation Safety Board says new information it received on the suspected source of the fire that raced through Lytton, B.C., on June 30 prompted it to launch an investigation into trains in the area.

A B.C. judge has rejected Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's attempt to submit a trove of banking evidence in her legal battle against extradition to the United States on fraud charges.

Frank Nausigimana, accused of fatally stabbing his three-year-old daughter, faced challenges and led a largely unremarkable life after immigrating to Canada in 2009, a report prepared for a sentencing hearing says.

Orit Peleg has long been fascinated by fireflies that appear to flash in synchronicity, but she only just recently got to witness the phenomenon up close.