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Off-duty Toronto police officer shot in leg by man wanted on Canada-wide warrant

Off-duty Toronto police officer shot in leg by man wanted on Canada-wide warrant

TORONTO — An off-duty Toronto police officer was shot Saturday night in the leg after he recognized a man wanted for murder.
Ottawa latest city to turn to AI to predict chronic homelessness

Ottawa latest city to turn to AI to predict chronic homelessness

OTTAWA — How old are you? What is your gender? Are you Indigenous? Are you a Canadian citizen? Do you have a family? Those are just a few of the data points that a new artificial intelligence system will use to determine if somebody might be at risk
Bus tours for Jasper residents whose properties were affected by fire to start Sunday

Bus tours for Jasper residents whose properties were affected by fire to start Sunday

EDMONTON — Bus tours for evacuees from Jasper, Alta., to allow those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by a wildfire to see the devastation first-hand will begin on Sunday.
Canada again upgrades advisory for Israel to highest risk level

Canada again upgrades advisory for Israel to highest risk level

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is again telling Canadians to avoid all travel to Israel, citing an unpredictable security situation due to ongoing regional conflicts.
Worst-case models point to reduced Chilcotin landslide downstream flood threat

Worst-case models point to reduced Chilcotin landslide downstream flood threat

VANCOUVER — Worst-case scenario modelling of the potential impacts of an over-the-top water breach of a massive landslide blocking British Columbia's Chilcotin River points to reduced flood threats downstream, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma
Labour union vice-president endorses Tory candidate in federal byelection in Winnipeg

Labour union vice-president endorses Tory candidate in federal byelection in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — The Conservative candidate in an upcoming federal byelection in Winnipeg has received an endorsement from the international vice-president of a major union in his bid to unseat the NDP in the riding.
Protesters demand stronger Canadian response to 'rigged' Venezuelan election

Protesters demand stronger Canadian response to 'rigged' Venezuelan election

TORONTO — Around 300 people gathered in downtown Toronto outside the Ontario legislature today to protest the results of the disputed Venezuelan election and to demand a stronger response from Ottawa.
Firefighters face heat warnings, thunderstorms, high winds across southern B.C.

Firefighters face heat warnings, thunderstorms, high winds across southern B.C.

VICTORIA — Rising temperatures, increasing wind speeds and dry lightning are forecast for southern British Columbia over the weekend in areas where major wildfires continue to burn in the Columbia, Kootenay and Thompson-Okanagan regions. The B.C.
Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC

Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC

OTTAWA — On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River.
Jury finds protesters not guilty of conspiring to kill Mounties at Coutts blockade

Jury finds protesters not guilty of conspiring to kill Mounties at Coutts blockade

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A jury returned a verdict of not guilty late Friday for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta.