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OTTAWA — Canada's taxpayers' advocate says the Canada Revenue Agency isn't doing a good enough job ensuring women living in shelters with their children are aware of and receiving benefit cheques.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Crews struggling to beat back wildfires in British Columbia braced Friday for the worst as officials predicted weather conditions would deteriorate heading into the weekend.

EDMONTON — An Ontario chief says three national Indigenous groups have told Alberta Premier Rachel Notley they won't be at a meeting with the premiers next week in Edmonton.

TORONTO — "ET Canada" co-host Rick Campanelli and two of the show's on-air personalities are leaving their positions.

VANCOUVER — As if the risk of losing their homes isn't enough, wildfire evacuees in British Columbia have faced the additional threat of looters searching through their belongings after they rushed to safety.

Toronto police say a hydro vault exploded in downtown Toronto on Friday afternoon, but no injuries were reported in the area. Officers say the explosion occurred at about 5 p.m.

OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency is facing questions about its workplace culture amid allegations that senior officials foster a prejudice and distrust for Muslims employees, who are seen as "essential to CSIS' mission, but working without CSIS' trust an

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba woman has been sent to prison for hiding the remains of six infants in a rented storage locker, but court never heard an explanation as to what prompted her to hide the babies she conceived over many years.

OTTAWA — A member of the military has been charged in a sexual assault at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta 10 years ago. The Department of National Defence says a corporal based in Valcartier, Que., was charged on Thursday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors continued their restructuring Friday by confirming the trade of Canadian guard Cory Joseph to Indiana. The deal helps pave the way for the reported acquisition of unrestricted free agent C.J.