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EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says early reports indicate a third and perhaps up to half of all buildings in the historic Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper have burned in a wildfire.

MONTREAL — Three tornadoes touched down on Quebec territory Wednesday, Environment Canada has confirmed, causing damage to trees and infrastructure and injuring at least one person.

The Town of Golden, B.C., says a nearby wildfire burning south of the community crossed the Columbia River and has destroyed "several structures." It says in a post to social media that the 1.

OTTAWA — Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, will head the UN’s Economic and Social Council. Global Affairs Canada says Rae has been elected president of the council for a one-year term.

VANCOUVER — A study of British Columbia's deadly heat dome in 2021 says the risk factor most strongly associated with dying during those sweltering days was whether that person was receiving income assistance. The paper, by researchers at the B.C.

OTTAWA — Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames a national rise in crime and the recent killing of an Ontario teenager on what he calls failed Liberal and NDP policies. Poilievre held a press conference in London, Ont.

OTTAWA — Norad says Canadian and American fighter jets have intercepted a group of Russian and Chinese planes flying near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defence Command says the planes were detected and tracked on Wednesday.

HALIFAX — The British Columbia couple whose remains recently washed ashore on Nova Scotia's remote Sable Island have been identified as 70-year-old James Brett Clibbery and his 54-year-old wife, Sarah Packwood.

The park's social media account said the fire has caused significant loss within the townsite, but the specific locations or neighbourhoods affected are not being reported.

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