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A man drinks a beer at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 13, 2023.Flood and fire risks in B.C.’s interior continue as unseasonably hot weather gripped much of the province this weekend, as some hard-hit communities grapple with potential evacuations and clean-up efforts from earlier weather events.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Several heat records broken over weekend as B.C. gripped by heat, fire, flood risk

Heat wave expected to peak today as high temperatures grip across much of the province

A man drinks a beer at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 13, 2023.Flood and fire risks in B.C.’s interior continue as unseasonably hot weather gripped much of the province this weekend, as some hard-hit communities grapple with potential evacuations and clean-up efforts from earlier weather events.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Teare Creek fire (G3021) burns in the  Fraser-Fort George Regional District of British Columbia in a May 5, 2023, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Peace River Regional District lifts evacuation order for residents near wildfire

Residents still under an evacuation alert and should be prepared to leave quickly

The Teare Creek fire (G3021) burns in the  Fraser-Fort George Regional District of British Columbia in a May 5, 2023, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The Bald Mountain Wildfire is shown in the Grande Prairie Forest Area on Friday May 12, 2023 this handout image provided by the Government of Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Alberta Fire Service

Trudeau to visit Edmonton, meet with CAF personnel assisting with wildfires

Wildfire officials warn heat is now a concern in Alberta’s south, too

The Bald Mountain Wildfire is shown in the Grande Prairie Forest Area on Friday May 12, 2023 this handout image provided by the Government of Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Alberta Fire Service
Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan

Quebec avian flu cases higher than expected as bird deaths near 1 million: expert

‘The important thing is not to bring something from the outside into our breeding areas’

Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan
Children cool off in the Salmon Street Springs fountain in downtown Portland, Ore., as a spring heat wave sweeps across the metro area, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)

Unusually early heat wave in Pacific Northwest tests records

Temperature at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was 28.9 C as of mid-afternoon Saturday

Children cool off in the Salmon Street Springs fountain in downtown Portland, Ore., as a spring heat wave sweeps across the metro area, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Anti-corruption advocate hopes new financial crime body can start ‘scaring bad guys’

One says it’s important to take ‘opportunity to look at the full package of what is financial crime’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A teepee is shown as Christopher Traverse, Chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation speaks to the media at Winnipeg’s Brady Landfill just outside the city, Thursday, April 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Study finds search for women’s remains at landfill could take years, cost up to $184M

‘Not conducting the search could cause considerable distress to victim family members’

A teepee is shown as Christopher Traverse, Chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation speaks to the media at Winnipeg’s Brady Landfill just outside the city, Thursday, April 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. A culture within Canada’s cyberspy agency of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

‘Systemic difficulties’ hampered review of Canada’s cyberspy service: watchdog

Review agency released the internal documents late last month under the Access to Information Act to Bill Robinson

The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. A culture within Canada’s cyberspy agency of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The ruins of houses and businesses are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, almost a year after the town was destroyed by fire during the heat dome weather event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Lytton is Canada’s hotspot: Environment Canada

Lytton broke an 11-year record for highest temperature

The ruins of houses and businesses are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, almost a year after the town was destroyed by fire during the heat dome weather event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump will share the spotlight in Iowa on Saturday, May 13, providing a chance to sway influential conservative activists and contrast their campaign styles in Republicans’ leadoff voting state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump will share the spotlight in Iowa on Saturday, May 13, providing a chance to sway influential conservative activists and contrast their campaign styles in Republicans’ leadoff voting state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is appealing a recent decision by the Federal Court, which sided with Facebook in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica affair.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michael Dwyer

Privacy commissioner appeals Federal Court decision in Facebook case

Judge previously dismissed federal privacy watchdog’s bid for a declaration that Facebook broke the law governing the use of personal information

The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is appealing a recent decision by the Federal Court, which sided with Facebook in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica affair.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michael Dwyer
Yoshimasa Hayashi, center, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, is received by Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, left, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell for an EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in connection to an informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Marsta outside Stockholm, Satursay, May 13, 2023. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Yoshimasa Hayashi, center, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, is received by Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, left, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell for an EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in connection to an informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Marsta outside Stockholm, Satursay, May 13, 2023. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen in a car during a visit at a military air base in Soesterberg, Netherlands, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP)

Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican and seeks backing for Ukraine’s peace plan

Zelenskyy also said that he asked the pope to condemn Russian ‘crimes in Ukraine’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen in a car during a visit at a military air base in Soesterberg, Netherlands, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP)
The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Manitoba senator Raymonde Gagné will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate’s third-ever female Speaker

Gagné is replacing the now-retired George Furey, who has been a senator since 1999

The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Manitoba senator Raymonde Gagné will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Wildfire evacuees get supplies and get checked in at the evacuation centre in Edmonton, Sunday, May 7, 2023. Many Albertans are pitching in to help the thousands of people who have been displaced by wildfires in recent weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

‘Human compassion’: Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees

‘When you have to leave your home, a lot of times you are not able to grab the things you need’

Wildfire evacuees get supplies and get checked in at the evacuation centre in Edmonton, Sunday, May 7, 2023. Many Albertans are pitching in to help the thousands of people who have been displaced by wildfires in recent weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
A teepee is shown as Christopher Traverse, Chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation speaks to the media at Winnipeg’s Brady Landfill just outside the city, Thursday, April 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

‘Bring our women home’: Landfill search for women’s remains could cost up to $184M

A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to 3 years

A teepee is shown as Christopher Traverse, Chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation speaks to the media at Winnipeg’s Brady Landfill just outside the city, Thursday, April 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Transparency International Canada paper outlines hopes for new financial crime agency

Canada could learn from countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom, the paper says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A neighborhood is cut off from the city as a flooded river took out the bridge on Monday, May 1, 2023 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Funerals to be held for Quebec firefighters killed during floods in Charlevoix region

Their bodies were discovered about 500 metres apart in the Riviere du Gouffre

A neighborhood is cut off from the city as a flooded river took out the bridge on Monday, May 1, 2023 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march in Calgary on July 8, 2016. The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Military referred 93 sexual offence cases to civilian police, 64 under investigation

Brig.-Gen. Simon Trudeau says 29 cases the military tried to pass along were declined by federal, provincial or municipal police forces

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march in Calgary on July 8, 2016. The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023. On the fourth day of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza trade fire; 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank incidents

4 homes in densely populated residential neighborhoods were reduced to dust in the pre-dawn attacks

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023. On the fourth day of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)