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VANCOUVER — British Columbia declared a state of emergency Wednesday following unprecedented flooding that has displaced residents, severed access to multiple highways and killed thousands of livestock while many more animals are in danger of dying.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is warning his MPs that they risk the same fate as a senator expelled from the party caucus if they challenge his leadership.

OTTAWA — Dozens of civil society groups are urging the federal Liberals to fundamentally revamp the criminal pardon system by automatically sealing a person's record once they have completed their sentence and lived in the community without new convi

MONTREAL — Mark Pathy has boarded more than his share of vehicles. He rode to the Laconia motorcycle rally in New Hampshire years ago, and also headed with his brother to Chicago to learn how to race Kawasaki Ninjas.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, observers say Canada has a lot to complain about.

OTTAWA — A survivors’ group is urging patience as the federal government faces calls to deliver a long-promised apology to military personnel affected by sexual misconduct while in uniform.

OTTAWA — Rising prices at the pumps and in grocery stores helped send inflation rates to a new pandemic-era high last month, as the consumer price index posted its largest year-over-year gain in 18 years.

QUEBEC — Ottawa needs to do more to get guns off streets, Quebec authorities said Wednesday, following the murder of a 16-year-old Montreal boy on the weekend, the latest in a series of gun-related crimes this year in Canada's second-largest city.

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TORONTO — The national public alerting system is conducting a Canada-wide test of the emergency alert system today.