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VANCOUVER — Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes.

TORONTO — A ticket holder in Quebec won Saturday night's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on July 21 will be an estimated $5 million.

DELMAS, SASKATCHEWAN — For elder Jenny Spyglass, returning to the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan where a search for unmarked graves is underway brought back memories of what she lost.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial election for Aug. 17, saying the campaign will focus on building the economy after the province "crushed" the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL — There won't be any more negotiations over a proposed natural gas pipeline crossing Indigenous lands in northern Quebec, say Innu leaders who oppose it.

MONTREAL — A 13-year-old boy has died after he was found unconscious at a Montreal public pool. An emergency call was placed around 4 a.m. that young person had been found unconscious at a pool in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood.

HALIFAX — Here are a few quick facts about the three Nova Scotia party leaders ahead of the Aug. 17provincial election. At dissolution, the Liberals had 24 seats in the legislature while the Progressive Conservatives had 17 seats and the NDP five.

MONTREAL — In downtown Montreal, it's festival season.

OTTAWA — Whenever Tiff Macklem needs a break, he jumps on the exercise bicycle he bought during the pandemic and does a hard workout to clear his mind.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $36 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on July 20 will be an estimated $43 million. The Canadian Press