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IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage.

VANCOUVER — Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia.

MONTREAL — A group challenging Quebec's new language law logged a first legal victory against the legislation on Friday, as a judge temporarily suspended a provision requiring English court documents to be translated into French.

OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says plans are underway to sift through Canadian sewage to test for and measure new health threats like monkeypox and polio.

Severe thunderstorms have torn through British Columbia's Interior, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes to areas already ranked at a high to extreme risk for wildfires.

LAVAL, Que. — Quebec Premier François Legault is getting an early jump on the fall election campaign with a promise to build thousands of new social and affordable housing units if re-elected.

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REGINA — Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders for alleged abuse of students.

CALGARY — Orysia Boychuk knows first-hand how frustrating and slow the process has become to bring Ukrainian refugees into Canada.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Residents of the British Columbia community of Olalla are now allowed to return home after being forced out by a threatening wildfire last week.