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Joly heads to Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania as Canada tries for more UN presence

Joly heads to Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania as Canada tries for more UN presence

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is headed to eastern Europe as part of a push to shore up Canada's ties with countries in Russia's backyard.
University students struggling to find housing in Calgary and other cities

University students struggling to find housing in Calgary and other cities

CALGARY — Luis Sanchez Diaz didn't win a lottery this year for on-campus housing at the University of Calgary, but he still considers himself lucky.
'A protected right': Saskatchewan family speaks out over pronoun and name changes

'A protected right': Saskatchewan family speaks out over pronoun and name changes

REGINA — Kiké Dueck loves gym class, especially long-distance running. The 10-year-old, who is nonbinary, says everyone at school "is really good about gender," but knows not all parents are accepting.
U.S. team to digitize Quaker boarding school records, drawing inspiration from Canada

U.S. team to digitize Quaker boarding school records, drawing inspiration from Canada

OTTAWA — A coalition advocating for Indigenous Peoples forced to attend boarding schools in the United States is planning to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools that were operated by the Quakers.
Wildfire forces crews to retreat, threatens key hub point of Hay River, N.W.T.

Wildfire forces crews to retreat, threatens key hub point of Hay River, N.W.T.

YELLOWKNIFE — Wildfires advanced closer to the transportation hub point of Hay River in the Northwest Territories Friday, forcing crews to retreat and non-essential workers to flee.
Ali murder trial: lawyer suggests to dead girl's mother they had a poor relationship

Ali murder trial: lawyer suggests to dead girl's mother they had a poor relationship

VANCOUVER — A lawyer for a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has suggested to the girl's mother that they had a poor relationship, to the point where the teen didn't want to be around her.
Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.

Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Politicians and environmental leaders from more than 180 countries have been in Vancouver, B.C.
131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire

131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire

Officials say about 170 homes and other buildings have been reported damaged or destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of British Columbia, almost doubling the known structural losses in the province's ravaged Interior.
Support pours in for 13 firefighters in tiny B.C. brigade whose own homes burned down

Support pours in for 13 firefighters in tiny B.C. brigade whose own homes burned down

Kathleen Zydowicz hasn't seen much of her husband lately, keeping in touch via text while he and dozens of colleagues fight wildfires around their tiny community of Wilson's Landing, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, B.C.
First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

Two First Nations say they're "shutting down" public access to B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations.