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Dozens of wildfires burned across the torrid U.S. West on Monday but fire agencies reported some progress in corralling the flames and forecasters predicted a gradual decrease in extreme temperatures.

Bianca Andreescu says she has withdrawn from Canada's Olympic tennis team. The 21-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., posted on her Instagram account that she is pulling out of the Games due to pandemic-related challenges.

Bianca Andreescu says she has withdrawn from Canada's Olympic tennis team, posting on Instagram that she is pulling out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to pandemic-related challenges.

Porter Airlines could shake up the Canadian airline industry after announcing plans to launch jet service to destinations in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean with an order of up to 80 new jets, some of which will fly out of Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

The United States is still reviewing a request for troops made by Haiti's interim prime minister to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, a White House spokesperson said Monday.

Police say there have been "multiple confirmed fatalities" in a crane collapse at a construction site in downtown Kelowna, B.C.

A Kelowna, B.C., development company says there was a "catastrophic failure" on Monday morning when a crane collapsed at one of its work sites, killing one person.

Police say there have been "multiple confirmed fatalities" in a crane collapse at a construction site in downtown Kelowna, B.C.

The RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., says emergency services are responding to an "industrial incident" at a construction site in the city's downtown, where a crane has collapsed into an adjacent building. As many as 10 people may be injured.

RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., say emergency services are responding to an "industrial incident" at a construction site in the city's downtown, where a crane has collapsed into an adjacent building.

A Kelowna, B.C., development company says there was a "catastrophic failure" on Monday morning when a crane collapsed at one of its work sites, injuring at least three people. 

A Kelowna, B.C., development company says there was a "catastrophic failure" on Monday morning when a crane collapsed at one of its work sites, killing one person.

Premier Jason Kenney, in Calgary on Monday for the annual premier's Stampede breakfast, says Alberta will not be following the lead of Quebec and Manitoba by implementing a vaccine passport system.

The 21 proposals include targets for reducing pesticide use, cutting plastic waste and channeling $200 billion US a year toward protecting nature in developing countries.

Premier Scott Moe says the federal government's rejection of Saskatchewan's carbon pricing pitch is "arbitrary and political."

Saturdays start early for Iqbal and Mumtaz Alimohd, who are at Real Canadian Superstore well before it opens, ready to buy and deliver groceries for dozens of Calgary seniors — just as they've done every weekend for more than 15 years.

An important position at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was vacant and the country's pandemic early warning system was understaffed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, an independent panel has found.

Linda O'Leary has pled not guilty to a charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act in connection with the August 2019 boat crash north of Toronto.

A food security strategy released Monday by the national organization representing Inuit, outlines five priorities for investment and action to address the highest documented prevalence of food insecurity of any Indigenous people living in a developed country.

Even with an option to watch Black Widow at home, audiences went to the movie theatre in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.

Some residents of Poplar Hill First Nation are due to arrive in Thunder Bay this afternoon after they were forced from their homes due to forest fires. The northwestern Ontario city is also hosting Poplar Hill First Nation evacuees.

After 21-year-old Jake Borisenko died of an accidental overdose, at a time when opioid use in Ontario's Niagara region has hit record levels, his father created a website and is developing an app to help other young people avoid danger.

The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research.

Manitoba's chief justice says he was followed by a private investigator in an attempt to catch him breaking COVID-19 rules in order to embarrass him while he is presiding over a court challenge related to the province's lockdown measures. 

Manitoba's chief justice says he was followed by a private investigator in an attempt to catch him breaking COVID-19 rules in order to embarrass him while he is presiding over a court challenge related to the province's lockdown measures. 

The U.S. stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression, President Joe Biden said on Monday, the day after the Caribbean nation saw its most significant protests in over two decades.

The United States stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression, President Joe Biden said on Monday, the day after the Caribbean nation saw its most significant protests in over two decades.

Canada is donating an additional 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to help inoculate people in low- and middle-income countries, federal ministers announced Monday.

All remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Britain's prime minister confirmed Monday, urging people to continue to take precautions like wearing masks in crowded places.

The federal government officially submitted Canada’s new greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 to the United Nations this morning, formally committing the country to reducing emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

Funded by the Nova Scotia provincial government, the new African Nova Scotian Justice Institute will offer policing accountability, data collection, court support, legal defence and other programs and is expected to begin operating within one year.

Funded by the Nova Scotia provincial government, the new African Nova Scotian Justice Institute will offer policing accountability, data collection, court support, legal defence and other programs and is expected to begin operating within one year.

Funded by the Nova Scotia provincial government, the new African Nova Scotian Justice Institute will offer policing accountability, data collection, court support, legal defence and other programs and is expected to begin operating within one year.

A new wildfire in British Columbia has forced the evacuation of nearly 80 properties, while residents of hundreds more homes around the south Okanagan lakeside community of Okanagan Falls have been ordered to be ready to go on short notice.

Pfizer Inc's push for health regulators to authorize a third dose of its COVID-19 shotis not yet backed by evidence, despite the fast-spreading Deltavariant, vaccine experts said.

South Africa will deploy soldiers to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma's jailing, the military said on Monday, after days of riots and looting left at least six people dead.

South Africa deployed soldiers on the streets Monday to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma's jailing, after days of riots left at least six people dead.

Cities and private companies should be investing in natural infrastructure, like salt marshes or green roofs and trees in urban settings to help build climate resilience.

Friends and family are saying goodbye today to a veteran Toronto police officer, Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was killed in the line of duty.

Slain Toronto police officer Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was killed last week in the line of duty, was remembered at his funeral Monday as a kind, gentle giant who loved his family deeply and was quick to lend a hand wherever he could.

Friends and family will say goodbye today to a veteran Toronto police officer, Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was killed in the line of duty.

Friends and family are saying goodbye today to a veteran Toronto police officer, Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was killed in the line of duty.

Fire ecologists and Indigenous groups say bureaucratic provincial barriers are hindering their ability to perform prescribed burns and cultural burns that could reduce the fuel load for wildfires in British Columbia's forests.

Even if you're a fully vaccinated Canadian and exempt from provincial self-isolation requirements, White Point Beach Resort will turn you away if you're from outside the Atlantic region.

White Point Beach Resort was turning people away if they're from outside the Atlantic region, but the resort says it will change its policy starting Wednesday.

A series of open letters from students, staff and instructors are demanding the University of Toronto address what they claim is a toxic culture within the faculty of music that allows sexual harassment and other misconduct to go unchecked. The school says it's working to address concerns.

Details about how Quebec may use its potential vaccine passport in September are scarce, but looking at other jurisdictions that use similar systems could give Quebecers an idea of what to expect.

Evidence in a bizarre case of a Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with marijuana-laced cupcakes was lost by military police — a turn of events that has the soldier's lawyer accusing the Department of National Defence of conducting a sloppy, incompetent investigation.

A Calgary mayoral candidate recently described as "dangerous and out-of-control" by a judge will go to trial Monday, accused of causing a disturbance.

A Calgary mayoral candidate — recently described as "dangerous and out-of-control" by a judge — has pleaded guilty to both of his criminal charges on what was supposed to be the first day of his trial.