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Wildfire crews are facing fatigue in British Columbia as the busy season wears on, causing concern for their safety, says an operations manager.

VANCOUVER — An Indigenous man who spent 37 years claiming his innocence in the murder of a toddler is going back to prison after losing his appeal in British Columbia's highest court. A three-member panel of the B.C.

MONTREAL — Environmental experts are praising Montreal's decision to ban some kinds of single-use plastics, but they say Canada is still a long way from being plastic-free despite government promises.

HALIFAX — The representation of Black and female members has risen notably in Nova Scotia's legislature following Tuesday's provincial election, but no one who identifies as Indigenous was elected in the vote — or at any point in the province's histo

SAINTE-MARIE-DE-BEAUCE, Que. — A 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a provincial police officer during a traffic stop Wednesday morning south of Quebec City.

BOWDEN, ALBERTA — A man who strangled his wife and cemented her body in a basement wall has again been denied day parole eight months before his statutory release from prison.

MONTREAL — Quebec's minister for the fight against racism is denouncing protesters who he said wore yellow stars at a protest earlier this week against the government's vaccine passport system.

MONTREAL — Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the provincial government will set up a special court to hear cases involving sexual and conjugal violence.

MONTREAL — A man facing accusations of attempting to murder a Montreal police officer and murdering a cellmate made a brief appearance in court today.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 19, 2021 ... What we are watching in Canada ...