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VANCOUVER — British Columbia hasn't yet hit the "peak" of its wildfire season, but it has already broken the record for the total area burned in a year, the province's minister of emergency management said.

British Columbia's wildfire season is now the most destructive on record, with about 14,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 2018.

OTTAWA — The Senate ethics watchdog has found Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald violated the code of conduct with a colourful rant during the "Freedom Convoy" protest last year, and a refusal to comply with an investigation into his actions.

Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes in British Columbia say they've been facing more than the usual obstacles when "irresponsible" members of the public interfere with operations.

VICTORIA — Children taken from their homes 70 years ago due largely to the religious beliefs of their parents will soon receive a formal apology from British Columbia's government, but their quest for compensation remains uncertain, says the province

EDMONTON — Alberta's new health minister has been given the go-ahead to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system — 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process to centralize it.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.

WINNIPEG — A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Tuesday after a Manitoba judge said the words two First Nations men have been waiting a half-century to hear. "You are innocent. You deserve acquittals.

FORT LIARD, N.W.T. — The sky dumped buckets of rain, explosive thunder and lightning shook Jack Yeadon’s home, and the father started to cry.

MONTREAL — The Ontario man who died in Sunday's gondola crash at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a selfless military member who was devoted to his family, his brother said Tuesday. Sgt. Sheldon Johnson, 50, of Kingston, Ont.