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In The News for June 7 : Canada's unprecedented wildfire season exhausting resources

In The News for June 7 : Canada's unprecedented wildfire season exhausting resources

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Quebec wilderness outfitters hit hard by Quebec fires and forest access ban

Quebec wilderness outfitters hit hard by Quebec fires and forest access ban

MONTREAL — Quebec's massive forest fires have forced most of the province's wilderness outfitters to shut down during one of their busiest seasons.
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Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

OTTAWA — Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project are taking their case to an international human rights body.
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Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

VANCOUVER — A new font to typeset Salish Indigenous languages means so much more than just the words that it will be used to write, one of the people behind its creation says.
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Canadian forest fire centre responds to unprecedented wildfire season

Canadian forest fire centre responds to unprecedented wildfire season

Weather maps hang on the walls and precipitation reports flash across screens in the Winnipeg office where major decisions about Canada’s battle against an unprecedented wildfire season are made.
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Two winning tickets sold for Tuesday's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

Two winning tickets sold for Tuesday's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — Two lucky lottery ticket holders in British Columbia and Ontario will split the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were 15 available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, and five winning tickets were drawn.
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'A situation that's unprecedented.' Quebec confronted with over 150 wildfires

'A situation that's unprecedented.' Quebec confronted with over 150 wildfires

MONTREAL — Northern Quebec's largest city was being evacuated while another that had been threatened by wildfires lifted an evacuation order Tuesday, as authorities turned their attention to communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the p
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Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan

Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan

VICTORIA — Both sides of British Columbia's contentious fish farm debate are welcoming Ottawa's move to delay a decision on a planned transition from open-net salmon farms in the province's coastal waters. Representatives from B.C.
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Wildfire roundup: A look at what's burning across the country and who's affected

Wildfire roundup: A look at what's burning across the country and who's affected

Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair has said images of wildfires burning across Canada are some of the most severe ever witnessed in the country and the forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than
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Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting

Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting

NANAIMO, B.C. — Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site of a shipwreck in Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island last month when he spotted something in the corner of his eye — a two-metre-long sixgill shark.
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