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Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. In Fort Nelson, B.C., about 4,700 people are out of their homes. Roughly 6,600 residents have been evacuated out of parts of Fort McMurray, Alta.

MONTREAL — The authority that runs Montreal's international airport is suing an up-and-coming airport on the city's South Shore, saying a recent branding effort will confuse travellers.

FORT NELSON, B.C. — British Columbia's wildfire service says gusty winds could fan "aggressive fire behaviour" in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee their homes.

OTTAWA — Climate change and its deluges of severe weather and wildfires have left many Canadian tourism companies struggling to get insurance and convince visitors that Canada is still open for business.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been set up on its downtown Montreal campus since late April.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her heart goes out to Fort McMurray residents forced a second time in eight years to flee a wildfire, but public safety is paramount.

WINNIPEG — A man who lived in the same Winnipeg apartment building where Jeremy Skibicki killed four women says he saw his neighbour disposing of trash just before a victim's remains were found.

OTTAWA — Innu Nation Grand Chief Simon Pokue spoke to other Indigenous leaders at a meeting in Winnipeg on Wednesday about what he calls Indigenous identity fraud by the NunatuKavut Community Council.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the killing of a young woman nearly a decade after she was found dead on Montreal’s South Shore.

QUEBEC — The federal government says it has reached a deal with Canadian National Railway Company to acquire the historic Quebec Bridge.