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VANCOUVER — Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has issued warnings for most of B.C.

VICTORIA — The use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada as part of its process to pick candidates in the next federal election could result in a privacy investigation in British Columbia, says the province's information and

Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has found 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site, about 150 kilometres east of Regina.

A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at the site rippled around the world.

OTTAWA — A forensic report has found that a series of failures by Iranian authorities set the stage for last year's fatal disaster involving a passenger jet — "shot down due to their recklessness, incompetence and wanton disregard for human life," Pr

OTTAWA — Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appointment.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 3:45 p.m. Saskatchewan is reporting 52 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths.

OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has apologized after she was called out for a one-word text message to Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, a former cabinet colleague.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has lost all credibility in the fight against military sexual misconduct, some experts say following revelations one of his military assistants was ordered suspended from the Vancouver police three years ago fo

The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation says work will be done so a name is placed on each of the 751 unmarked graves found at the site of its former residential school.