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B.C. festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend

B.C. festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend

Organizers touted it as the "hottest music festival" of the summer, but attendees at the Under the Stars event near Princeton, B.C., this weekend likely didn't take it literally before a fire erupted nearby.
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Prince Harry and wife Meghan purchase screen rights to Canadian author's book

Prince Harry and wife Meghan purchase screen rights to Canadian author's book

A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel.
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Evolving wildfire conditions challenging for Yukon officials after village evacuation

Evolving wildfire conditions challenging for Yukon officials after village evacuation

WHITEHORSE — Yukon fire officials voiced hope on Monday that a shift in weather conditions may benefit those battling a blaze that is inching towards the Village of Mayo and forced the evacuation of the community the day before.
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Canadian Armed Forces to phase out old housing benefit over three years

Canadian Armed Forces to phase out old housing benefit over three years

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces has created a new program to gradually phase out its old housing benefit after hearing feedback from military members who were set to lose the payments.
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MCU star Ryan Reynolds among 14 new appointees to the Order of British Columbia

MCU star Ryan Reynolds among 14 new appointees to the Order of British Columbia

VANCOUVER — Ryan Reynolds has received his home province's top honour after being named to the Order of British Columbia.
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Québec solidaire members pick byelection candidate, ignore calls to nominate a woman

Québec solidaire members pick byelection candidate, ignore calls to nominate a woman

QUEBEC — Members of the left-wing party Québec solidaire have chosenOlivier Bolduc to run in an upcoming provincial byelection, rebuffing suggestions from party leadership that a woman should be nominated.
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B.C.'s low-income renters thought they'd get free AC units, but some face hurdles

B.C.'s low-income renters thought they'd get free AC units, but some face hurdles

Involvement of landlords seen as an unnecessary barrier to obtaining air conditioning units.
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As ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints

As ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints

OTTAWA — Ambassadors around Ottawa are looking for clues to decipher the Conservative Party's foreign policy, as leader Pierre Poilievre offers few hints of how he'd approach the world stage as prime minister.
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Evacuation order, alerts issued for Mayo and other areas in Yukon due nearby wildfire

Evacuation order, alerts issued for Mayo and other areas in Yukon due nearby wildfire

MAYO, YUKON — Residents of the Village of Mayo are under an evacuation order and others in central Yukon are under an alert as a wildfire inches closer to the small communities.
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Staff working behind the scenes of Canada's fire fight essential to battle

Staff working behind the scenes of Canada's fire fight essential to battle

Behind the firefighters battling what is B.C.'s most destructive wildfire season is an army of more than 1,400 contracted support staff, doing everything from first aid to sandwich making. 
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