Canada

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A B.C. mother is recounting the harrowing story of hiding from a bear that invaded her home in Rossland, B.C., about 380 kilometres east of Vancouver, while she and her 9-year-old daughter were hosting a friend for a sleepover....

Reclusive Quebec billionaire Robert G. Miller, who allegedly paid several young girls in exchange for sexual favours, was arrested Thursday afternoon and faces 21 charges, including sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for consideration and several counts of sexual exploitation of minors....

The three of them once stood side-by-side as road captains of a historic protest....

Natalie Sansone and her family are "not usually bug people" but the family has welcomed a rare pink grasshopper into their northeast London, Ont., home after finding it hopping across their driveway....

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This is similar to the previous post based on the Toronto Star article, but this press release adds that the unions are trying to directly legally intervene on the matter as well....

Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation Thursday that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada.

Bell Media could lose its bid to have former television personality Patricia Jaggernauth's human rights case thrown out, after a Canadian Human Rights Commission report noting her complaint raises "serious human rights issues that are systemic in nature."...

The son of a man who was accused in the Air India bombing of 1985 has been officially warned by the RCMP that his life could be under threat, CBC News has learned....

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The Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the unveiling of Greta Gerwig's jury selection and the presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or — the festival's most prestigious prize — for Meryl Streep as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off its 77th edition....

A wildfire that's threatening the northwestern Manitoba community of Cranberry Portage hasn't gotten bigger, but first responders could still be fighting it weeks from now, a provincial wildfire official said....

The season's first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of poor air quality across provinces....

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Homicide investigators in B.C. say murder charges have been laid against a fourth Indian national in connection to the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Surrey gurdwara last year.

Officials say wildfires are affecting phone lines across the north — and that includes 911 emergency lines in the Northwest Territories and Yukon....

Highway 97 expected to close, according to B.C. Wildfire Service.

Another suspect is in custody in connection with the gold heist at Toronto Pearson International Airport last year, police say.

I fear that, at a time when their job is more difficult than ever, we may be losing our will to support those who are working to keep us safe.