National News

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency Thursday for the second time this year, as renewed wildfires forced thousands more out of northern communities.

OTTAWA — Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney's Prime Minister's Office on Monday. Lametti posted on LinkedIn to confirm his start date as Carney's principal secretary, a top political aide position.

OTTAWA — The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S.

OTTAWA — A campaign by federal New Democrats to urge party members to shift their donations away from the central party to local electoral associations is a "self-sabotaging" act, says a former NDP strategist.

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s.

ST. JOHN'S — A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week — and the couple behind it are still in love.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

WASHINGTON — Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Terry Yung says that when he attends Vancouver's Chinatown Festival this weekend, he'll enjoy himself knowing that the work has been done to make him and other attendees feel safe.

MONTREAL — Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon says he's been treated like a pariah in the eight years since he was publicly accused by multiple women of sexual assault.