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In the news today: Manitoba town to evacuate due to wildfire

In the news today: Manitoba town to evacuate due to wildfire

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Second-generation Canadians weigh the cost of carrying on the family business – and their parents' legacy

Second-generation Canadians weigh the cost of carrying on the family business – and their parents' legacy

In the corner of her family's downtown Toronto restaurant, Jeanette Liu's young son eats a plate of chili chicken as customers gather around tables and servers bustle across the floor.
Academics call on Ottawa to speed up Palestinian student visas

Academics call on Ottawa to speed up Palestinian student visas

OTTAWA — A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died before they could leave the region.
Northern Manitoba town orders evacuation as wildfire threatens power

Northern Manitoba town orders evacuation as wildfire threatens power

LYNN LAKE — The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order as a nearby wildfire threatens to cause an imminent loss of power to the community.
B.C. police arrest two over extortion involving South Asian community

B.C. police arrest two over extortion involving South Asian community

SURREY — Two suspects have been arrested in British Columbia in an investigation into widespread extortion of South Asian business figures, crimes that police and politicians say reach back to India. RCMP in Surrey, B.C.
Wheel fell off RCMP trailer, sparking Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations

Wheel fell off RCMP trailer, sparking Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations

Mounties say a out-of-control wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C., was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in a "tremendously unfortunate" incident. Staff Sgt.
Mother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl charged with criminal negligence

Mother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl charged with criminal negligence

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
City of Ottawa converts unused office space to interim housing for asylum seekers

City of Ottawa converts unused office space to interim housing for asylum seekers

OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa has converted unused office space in a downtown building into transitional housing for 140 asylum seekers — just blocks from Parliament Hill.
Automakers 'cautiously optimistic' on EV mandate changes after meeting with Carney

Automakers 'cautiously optimistic' on EV mandate changes after meeting with Carney

OTTAWA — The head of an organization representing automakers said he's "cautiously optimistic" after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge him to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate.
Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets

Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets

Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor.
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