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VANCOUVER — An expert with the BC Wildfire Service says relentless drought conditions for much of British Columbia sets the stage for more fire activity this fall.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has recently faced a series of revelations about allegations of workplace harassment and assault. Here is a timeline about the situation. July 2019: A B.C.

QUÉBEC — Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping as part of new legislation the government says will help people save money.

VANCOUVER — When Canada's spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December — the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague — it came with a warning.

QUÉBEC — Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin announced Thursday he's leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec to sit as an Independent, becoming the second member of government to quit in a little more than one week.

EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats have tabled legislation to declare domestic violence an epidemic in the province.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment.

WALTON, N.S. — Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris — abandoned by another failed tidal power project — has become a hazard to local fishers.

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