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HINTON, Alta. — Comrades of a firefighter from Calgary who died while on duty in Jasper National Park stood on the sides of a roadway on Sunday morning as a procession mourning his loss rode by.

VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unscheduled stop Sunday at Vancouver's Pride festivities but did not walk in the annual downtown parade. Trudeau walked a block in city's West End before the event's official start.

MONTREAL — A spokesperson for Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is fielding “a lot of requests” to join the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party.

VICTORIA — Two out-of-control wildfires in British Columbia's southern Interior have forced officials to issue evacuation orders for people at almost 100 properties.

OTTAWA — In a bid to import what some might call American-style politics, the Liberals are labelling federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre "weird" with a new line of attack borrowed from the United States Democrats.

HALIFAX — Funeral directors across the country are warning grieving families about a trend of third-party websites republishing obituaries for profit.

TORONTO — An off-duty Toronto police officer was shot Saturday night in the leg after he recognized a man wanted for murder.

OTTAWA — How old are you? What is your gender? Are you Indigenous? Are you a Canadian citizen? Do you have a family? Those are just a few of the data points that a new artificial intelligence system will use to determine if somebody might be at risk

Thousands of people fled the town and park on July 22 due to the fire, which eventually spread into the community and destroyed one-third of its buildings.

Global Affairs Canada had previously raised its advisory for Israel and the West Bank to the highest risk level on April 12.