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Chief Helen Paavola was on a plane to Ottawa when the fire reached her community. She spent the morning calling for help and was told the smoke was coming from a wildfire that was still at a safe distance. Before long, the fire was on top of the community. Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as…

British Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch announced this month that her party will no longer allow its parliamentarians and candidates to support “net zero” environmental policies or continued membership within the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The controversial move has been widely interpreted as a “purge” of the Conservatives’ centrist voices and an extension of…

A new poll finds that the majority of Canadians support both the Alberta-B.C. pipeline and the Alberta-Ontario pipeline, though one of the two was favoured by survey respondents. The poll, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute , revealed that the proposal for a new pipeline from Alberta to B.C. received 63 per cent support, while…

United States regulators traced a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands in Michigan and nearby states to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants , identifying a single supplier as the apparent source. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert over the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite, advising consumers not to eat…

Gold trimmed its weekly loss as some investors bought on dips after the precious metal broke below a key price level, even as escalating war tensions kept interest rate hike bets alive. Bullion advanced as much as 1.2 per cent, above the key psychological level of US$4,000 an ounce, after earlier swinging between gains and…

Canada’s largest oil refinery is planning to shut down for maintenance in the fall, potentially exacerbating fuel market tightness in northeastern United States states that rely on the plant for gasoline and diesel imports . Irving Oil’s Saint John facility on the east coast of Canada is planning to conduct what is known in the…

The Port of Vancouver is set to increase its container capacity by 50 per cent over the next decade, with the federal government announcing Thursday it is referring the port’s expansion plans to its major projects office to speed up permitting and assist in construction. The referral, designed to cut red tape in getting project…

OTTAWA — The federal environment minister has indicated it’s possible that private, working Alberta ranches could be counted as part of meeting the government’s land-conservation targets, suggesting potential to break the impasse between Ottawa and the province over the federal strategy. Alberta and Ottawa have been divided over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announced plan in…

Canada and Mexico will work together to try to get the U.S. to cut auto tariffs on imports from the two countries, Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary said Friday at a meeting with his counterpart in Ottawa. Roberto Velasco Álvarez said the auto industry will be a key part of Mexico’s “general co-ordination” with Canada in…

Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, has rebuked Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi without even mentioning him. “Friendship should never be controversial,” Moed said in a statement, hours after Nenshi posted a letter expressing regret for posing for a photo with Moed at the Calgary Stampede. Nenshi wrote: “I want to speak to you from…