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VANCOUVER — Canada's environment minister says climate change is still a priority in talks with U.S. officials on NAFTA, despite President Donald Trump's recent threat to scrap the pact altogether. Trump told a rally in Arizona on Tuesday that the U.

CALGARY — A police officer has told a Calgary court that a man who three of his colleagues are accused of roughing up last summer did not appear to be combative, but defence lawyers Wednesday questioned his recollection of events.

WINNIPEG — A study by researchers at the University of Manitoba has linked giving birth to children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder to an increased risk of suicide attempts and deaths.

OTTAWA — Seven years after Canada declared bisphenol A, or BPA, to be toxic to human health, a national survey of chemicals in Canadians' bodies shows more than 90 per cent of Canadians have it in their blood and the exposure may actually be getting

OTTAWA — The remains of two soldiers who died in a historic battle for Canada during the First World War have been buried in France. Pte. Reginald Joseph Winfield Johnston from Manitoba and Sgt.

TORONTO — A Toronto organization providing live musical entertainment for events came under fire after an email from its management suggested it would only feature vocalists who are "fit and slim" in its boutique orchestras.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A new father's successful appeal to make a new-mothers parking spot more inclusive has prompted a debate stoked by what one observer calls the "oppression Olympics." Justin Simard prompted a Sobeys grocery store in Stratford, P.E.I.

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 25 ——— WILDFIRE FORCES MORE EVACUATIONS IN B.C. An evacuation order affecting about 1,100 people living east of Kelowna, B.C., is in effect because of a nearby wildfire.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting death outside a Mississauga, Ont., strip club on June 27.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An evacuation order affecting about 1,100 people living east of Kelowna, B.C., was issued Thursday because of the threat of a wildfire.