With its frequent fog, rainstorms and snow squalls barrelling in from the Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland and Labrador has long been known as a place with unpredictable weather. But until recently, dangerously hot and dry summers weren’t something people had to worry about.

As unprecedented wildfires chase thousands from their homes in the eastern part of the province, Newfoundlanders are concerned that their usually damp island is entering new territory.

Conservative MPs are calling for a parliamentary investigation into Spanish drugmaker Grifols’s GIFOF use of Canadian-donated blood plasma to make medicines for sale abroad.

The call follows a Globe and Mail investigation that found Canadian Blood Services is selling some blood components to Grifols to manufacture a product called albumin, as part of a complex arrangement between the international pharmaceutical company and the Canadian charity to collect and process blood plasma.

Le magistrat a voulu trancher la validité constitutionnelle d'une partie de la réforme de la « loi 101 ».

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada’s devastating forest fires.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accused Ottawa of “inaction” on wildfires. She also blamed that lack of action for new measures restricting activities in the forests of two provinces — even though those bans were imposed by the provinces themselves.

A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations on south-central Vancouver Island has shown some of the most severe levels of fire behaviour, a display that is “unusual” for the region, the British Columbia Wildfire Service said.

An update posted by the service said the blaze, located about 12 kilometres south of Port Alberni, has been burning at rank four and five on a six-point scale.

John Miszuk, a refugee from war-torn Europe who only learned to skate at age 12, overcame a late start to forge an 18-season career in professional hockey.

A dependable, stay-at-home defenceman, Mr. Miszuk (pronounced MISH-ook) gained a reputation for delivering punishing bodychecks, including once knocking out an opponent with a clean hit during a playoff game.

American pop star Chappell Roan is known to many as the “Midwest Princess” and now is promising to travel a touch north to the land of the living skies.

Roan has created a buzz in Saskatchewan with the release of The Subway, her new song about post-breakup frustration, where she name-drops Saskatchewan.

Deux coups de chaleur ont aussi été recensés par les autorités.

L'événement dévoile une programmation éclatée pour sa 24e édition, qui se tiendra du 24 au 28 septembre.

A Montreal man charged with assaulting a Jewish father at a park last week will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for a 30-day evaluation to determine criminal responsibility.

Sergio Yanes Preciado appeared before a Quebec court judge on Wednesday afternoon after meeting with a criminologist for an evaluation earlier in the day.

Yanes Preciado, 23, was charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm in an attack on a 32-year-old Jewish father of three at a Montreal park last Friday afternoon.

The federal government announced $25-million in funding today for companies to build more than 850 electric vehicle chargers, mostly in Quebec.

The money will also help companies finance the purchases of natural gas-powered transport and recycling trucks to help companies lower emissions.

Thousands of people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city have been alerted to flee at a moment’s notice as out-of-control wildfires in the province are now threatening urban centres.

Crews are employing water bombers to slow the growth of flames in St. John’s, near the Trans-Canada Highway, where at least 20,000 residents are under evacuation alert as of Wednesday.

McLeod Bethel-Thompson, blessé au coude droit, ratera six semaines.

Toronto’s beloved annual fair is touting a lineup of fresh, fried and funky foods ahead of the kickoff of its 146th year in the city.

The Canadian National Exhibition is set to open its gates at the Exhibition Place on Friday, with carnival games, rides, performances and sweet treats on full display.

Farmer Bill Prybylski says China’s planned tariff on canola seed wasn’t factored into his business equations this year.

The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the 75.8 per cent preliminary duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused canola prices to fall by $1 per bushel.

Le président américain a pris le contrôle de la prestigieuse institution culturelle de Washington en janvier.

L'ajout de deux nouvelles équipes aurait pu attendre quelques années, selon l'entraîneuse des Carabins.

Five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s, but the disease still kills more patients than any other type of cancer, a Statistics Canada report said on Wednesday.

The report said the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post.

The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday.

Cette information a été confirmée à Radio-Canada par une source gouvernementale.

McLeod Bethel-Thompson, blessé au coude droit, ratera six semaines. Cameron Dukes arrive en renfort.

A wildfire about 15 hectares in size on the western outskirts of Halifax continues to burn out of control.

Firefighters said Wednesday they were taking advantage of low wind and foggy conditions through the morning to battle the flames, which erupted Tuesday afternoon.

Le contrat de Mark Shapiro, qui en est poste depuis 2015, arrive à échéance à la fin de l’année

Des vols d'Air Canada seront annulés dès jeudi en vue de la grève des agents de bord qui doit débuter samedi.

Un climat d'incertitude règne au Cabinet, dont la composition sera modifiée au cours des prochaines semaines.

A B.C. billionaire who wants to buy some Hudson’s Bay leases says landlord claims that she won’t be able to run a successful business in their spaces are “misguided.”

In new court documents filed overnight Wednesday, Ruby Liu says she is prepared to do what is necessary to make her venture successful and if it makes landlords more confident in her plan, will personally guarantee the first year of rent she’ll have to pay them.

Consumers are still seeking local products, but executives at one of Canada’s biggest grocers say the buy Canadian movement is starting to lose some steam.

“It’s decelerating somewhat,” Metro Inc. MRU-T chief executive Eric La Flèche told analysts during a third-quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday.

A former top general who led the military during the Afghanistan conflict is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to revisit the files of soldiers who served there to see if any of their awards should be upgraded to the Victoria Cross.

Rick Hillier said that despite the failure of recent attempts to trigger such an independent review, he thinks the odds are better now that Ottawa is bent on revitalizing the Canadian Armed Forces.

Evacuees who fled a roaring wildfire near Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest city received a special donation Wednesday from a young musician.

Ten-year-old accordion player Zander Wright raised $121 while busking Tuesday outside a local convenience store south of St. John’s, the same day some residents of nearby Paradise, N.L., were told to evacuate their homes and businesses.

News publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are cutting into their online traffic – and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries’ accuracy as they warn the internet itself is being reshaped.

When Google rolled out its AI Overview feature last year, its mistakes – including one suggestion to use glue to make pizza toppings stick better – made headlines. One expert warns concerns about the accuracy of the feature’s output won’t necessarily go away as the technology improves.

Jacques Lamarre a toléré « un système de corruption et de collusion » pendant ses années de présidence.

Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave.

Relief is expected in southern and eastern Ontario, but Environment Canada says temperatures are still above average for this time of year, with forecasted highs in the low 30s.

Good morning. China is pulling out all the stops to control the spread of the chikungunya virus – more on that below, along with Europe’s record-breaking heat and Taylor Swift’s new album. But first:

Today’s headlines

• Air Canada flight attendants could be on strike as soon as Saturday after serving notice
• Ottawa wants certainty from China before making concessions on canola tariffs, the Agriculture Minister says
• As Trump takes over Washington, the city watches for potential fallout

Air Canada AC-T says it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow an orderly shutdown as it faces a potential work stoppage by its flight attendants on Saturday.

The airline says the first flights will be cancelled Thursday, with more on Friday and a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge by the weekend.

La FMOQ signe mercredi une lettre ouverte destinée au premier ministre François Legault.

Le père de Romane Bonnier veut éviter à d’autres la « torture » vécue au procès de l’assassin de sa fille.

La Virée classique prend son envol mercredi soir avec un concert gratuit à l'esplanade du Parc olympique.

Si aucune entente de principe n'est conclue, les agents de bord seront en grève dès 0 h 58 samedi.

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are facing opposition and threats of legal action after ordering residents to stay out of wooded areas and threatening hefty fines in an effort to prevent wildfires.

Both provinces banned hiking, camping, fishing and vehicle use in wooded areas, with violators in Nova Scotia facing fines of up to $25,000.

The Quebec government says legal opponents challenging its secularism law at the Supreme Court of Canada are merely rehashing old, failed arguments in an effort to overturn established legal precedent.

On Tuesday, Quebec filed 100 pages of legal arguments to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing in which it will defend Bill 21 in court for a third time. The province won two previous decisions in the lower courts in Quebec, which led to the current appeal at the Supreme Court.

Les meilleures équipes mondiales s’affrontent au parc Jean-Drapeau dans le cadre du Beach Pro Tour.

Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Tessa Thompson are among the stars set to take part in the Toronto International Film Festival’s In Conversation With… series next month.

The lineup also includes filmmakers Park Chan-wook and Nia DaCosta, who will join the others in candid talks about their careers and craft.

When Hilary Weston was appointed lieutenant-governor of Ontario in late 1996, the press reaction was almost uniformly negative and at times vicious. “Prime Minister Jean Chrétien couldn’t have made a more inappropriate choice for the position,” Richard Brennan wrote in The Toronto Star, calling the wealthy former model “our version of a society debutante.”

The late columnist Allan Fotheringham called Mrs. Weston the “wife of a billionaire,” whose “only politics is Chanel,” predicting with biting sarcasm that she would quickly tire of handing out mine safety certificates in Sudbury, one of the duties he imagined she would be burdened with.

Finding the next Summer McIntosh and keeping Canadians safe in the water is getting harder as pool closures spread across the country.

Municipalities and universities strapped for cash, and neglecting upkeep on aging pools, now face hefty renovation or rebuild costs – or closure.

C'est le plus important investissement unique du gouvernement Legault depuis son arrivée au pouvoir.

An 18-year-old man from Oshawa, Ont., who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Provincial Police say.

A GoFundMe page by Christina Cristillo identifies her husband Andrew Cristillo as the victim of the fatal crash on Aug. 3 in Whitchurch-Stouffville, which also left her and their three daughters injured.

“He was an amazing, hands-on dad to our girls, always playing with them, teaching them, and making them laugh until their cheeks hurt,” she wrote.