Rapidly growing wildfires in several provinces forced thousands of people from their homes and prompted air-quality warnings in cities thousands of kilometres away, while hot and dry conditions had other areas on high alert, including Nova Scotia, where the government banned most summertime activities in wooded areas.

The deteriorating conditions have added up to a wildfire season that is on track to be one of Canada’s worst on record in terms of area burned, second only to 2023.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced $1.2-billion in support for Canada's struggling softwood lumber. He says Canada will not play industries off against each for the sake of a trade deal with the U.S.

Le grand chef veut compenser l’impact des coupes budgétaires de Services aux Autochtones Canada.

« C'était une vraie torture d’entendre l’accusé dire toutes sortes de choses sur notre fille. »

Ces vaccins sont source de nombreux espoirs dans la lutte contre les virus et le cancer.

La Japonaise a vaincu l'Ukrainienne Elina Svitolina (no 10) en deux manches de 6-2 et 6-2 en quart de finale.

Multiple wildfires are burning in Newfoundland, prompting more evacuation orders and destroying structures in a community in the eastern part of the province.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier said during a media briefing Tuesday the out-of-control wildfire near Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston grew significantly overnight.

Le Québécois a accepté un contrat d'un an avec les Celtics.

La fille de l’explorateur Paul-Henri Nargeolet témoigne après la publication du rapport d’enquête américain.

L’annonce survient après l’augmentation des droits antidumping à 20,56 % par les États-Unis.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake said Tuesday that it is looking at imposing tolls on the roads crossing its territory in response to looming federal budget cuts.

Grand Chief Cody Diabo told reporters the tolls could help offset the impact of cuts to federal departments, including Indigenous Services Canada.

Vancouver Island photographer Colby Rex O’Neill has had restless nights as a wildfire burns less than a kilometre from his home.

That’s a worry, but he also fears the Wesley Ridge fire could reach what he calls a “national treasure” – Cathedral Grove, a temperate rainforest containing trees that are about 800 years old.

Just 20, Adisa De Rosario has spent half his life in Toronto FC colours.

The young goalkeeper joined the TFC academy in 2015. Even then, he was no stranger to the club’s training centre, having been part of its pre-academy.

Les agents de bord pourront déposer un préavis de grève de 72 heures au plus tôt le 16 août.

Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a cyberattack on WestJet WJAFF which saw a “malicious actor” gain access to the airline’s systems.

The airline said in a statement last month that a “sophisticated, criminal” third party was able to gain access to some personal and travel-related data during the June cybersecurity incident.

The family of a Nova Scotia firefighter who died in training says the results of a scathing audit of the province’s main firefighters school is an important first step in ensuring future safety.

The $300,000 money-for-value audit by consultant 21FSP was released Tuesday by the provincial government. It was launched in June and stemmed from the death of firefighter Skyler Blackie during a training exercise at the Nova Scotia Firefighters School in March 2019.

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Incursion dans les premiers moments du festival Innu Nikamu avec ses fondateurs.

Dans une publication LinkedIn, M. Malenfant s'en prend aux décisions récentes du commissaire Denis Gallant.

Les coupes effectuées par Ottawa dans certains ministères sont de « l'austérité raciale », selon Kahnawà:ke.

Le premier ministre Carney n’a annoncé aucune contre-mesure supplémentaire aux tarifs américains.

Four faculty groups at McGill University have launched a constitutional challenge of a Quebec bill that allows the provincial labour minister to terminate strikes.

The associations, which represent 500 academics, say the bill restricts the constitutional right to strike.

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A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars. Just yesterday, scientists shared how they’ve solved the case.

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In the summer of 1910, 20-year-old Myra Ellison sent a letter home to her mother from the shores of Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, where she was surrounded by a wilderness of old-growth forests and steep, snow-capped mountains.

“My boots are simply fine for walking,” she assured her mother.

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Soon after Rachel Calvelli got married, she and her husband wanted to take six months off work and travel across North America.

At her job, Calvelli had two options for a sabbatical: two years of salary spread across 30 months and six months off, or four years of salary across five years and a year off.

Anita Anand et François-Philippe Champagne ont rencontré la présidente Claudia Sheinbaum.

OceanGate n'a pas respecté les protocoles de sécurité et de tests, selon le rapport de la garde côtière.

L’ombudsman de Radio-Canada était appelé à se prononcer au sujet d'un segment présenté le 25 janvier.

Le taux des tarifs a atteint 2,4 % en juin, contre 1,9 % en mai.

Canada’s merchandise trade deficit widened in June to $5.9-billion as imports grew faster than exports due to a one-time high-value oil equipment import, data showed on Tuesday.

The deficit observed in June is the second highest on record after the deficit dipped to its largest in history in April to $7.6-billion.

Air Canada flight attendants are entering the final day of voting on whether to give a strike mandate to their union.

The vote, which began July 28 and closes today, comes after the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees concluded the conciliation process with no deal reached.

The union represents more than 10,000 flight attendants who have been in contract talks since the start of the year.

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A stretch of northern Ontario remains under a special air quality statement today amid smoke from wildfires burning in parts of the country.

The special statement for southern parts of the province, including the Toronto area, lifted this morning as conditions there improved.

Good morning. Canada has started to deliver aid in Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to agree to a ceasefire. More on that below, plus a look ahead on the trade file for the week and a look back at how science saved sick sea stars. Let’s get to it.

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Plusieurs Québécois tenteront de se qualifier pour les mondiaux d'athlétisme lors de la Classique de Montréal.

Des jeunes sans emploi peuvent louer un espace où ils font semblant de travailler toute la journée.

Après l'échec d'une ultime rencontre en Corée en 2024, les pays doivent trouver un terrain d'entente à Genève.

Linkin Park se produira mardi et mercredi au Centre Bell avec sa nouvelle chanteuse, Emily Armstrong.

La Canadienne de 18 ans a maintenant rendez-vous avec Elena Rybakina mercredi soir.

Au moins 3141 personnes ont été tuées en Haïti du 1er janvier au 30 juin.

Les parents de Jacob Gauthier, mort dans la tragédie de la garderie de Laval, avaient lancé un cri du cœur.

The Canada Border Services Agency says it has arrested and charged three alleged smugglers after police in southern Quebec intercepted a truck carrying 44 foreign nationals in conditions an RCMP officer described as “horrific.” 

The agency said RCMP and Quebec provincial police intercepted the vehicle with dozens of people aboard near Stanstead, Que., overnight between Saturday to Sunday.

La fumée des feux dans les Prairies entraîne une mauvaise qualité de l'air et une visibilité réduite.

The rats took over James Klein’s backyard this spring.

He’d never had a rat problem in the more than two decades he’s lived in Montreal’s Snowdon neighbourhood. But now, when he watches TV in his family room, he sees them out of the corner of his eye, scurrying around outside the glass door leading onto his back deck.

La GRC a arrêté ces individus près du chemin Haskell, à Stanstead, dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche.

Residents of several small communities in eastern Newfoundland were ordered Monday to leave their homes as two separate wildfires burned along the shores of Conception Bay.

On Monday, just before 2 p.m. local time, the provincial government issued evacuation orders for the two towns of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston, which are spread along the west side of the huge bay.

Officials said a 150-hectare wildfire had come within one kilometre of Kingston.

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Debbie Nightingale produced movies and television shows before a personal plot twist led her to become a goat farmer. Over time, her Ontario farm became a popular tourist attraction.

Ms. Nightingale, who has died at 71, was a prominent member of the Canadian film and television industry whose many credits included co-founding a documentary festival now known as Hot Docs.

La créatine est devenue l'un des suppléments les plus populaires.

A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the city and members of the police force, alleging inhumane treatment that caused lasting trauma.

Houssam Abdallah and his family members say they’ve been living a nightmare since he and one of his sons were caught in crossfire outside their home one year ago.

A 32-year-old Nova Scotia woman who was reported missing from the Annapolis Valley has been found dead, RCMP said Monday.

Police say Kerstin Marie Wetter was last seen Sunday at a residence on Highway 10 in the community of Nictaux, N.S.

Sunflower sea stars were once everywhere along the Pacific coast. Big, colourful and many-armed, they could be spotted at low tide clinging to rocks as if painted there by Vincent van Gogh.

Then came a devastating sickness that turned healthy sea stars into mounds of decaying mush. Known as sea star wasting disease, the mysterious syndrome is estimated to have killed billions of the creatures since it emerged in 2013.

La pluie de météores est visible depuis l'hémisphère Nord de la fin juillet à la mi-août.