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Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF

Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF

OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet made history Thursday by becoming the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian Air Force. She took the reins from Lt.-Gen.
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'Sense of shock' in Quadeville, Ont., after teen charged in attack on eight-year-old

'Sense of shock' in Quadeville, Ont., after teen charged in attack on eight-year-old

A tight-knit village in eastern Ontario is shaken after learning that a teenager was charged with attempted murder and sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl in what police initially suspected to be an animal attack.
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Elections commissioner fines Conservative agent four times

Elections commissioner fines Conservative agent four times

OTTAWA — The elections commissioner has levied four fines totalling $4,500 against an accountant relating to his work as an agent for the Conservative party.
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Manitoba renews provincewide emergency order as wildfires rage, forcing thousands out

Manitoba renews provincewide emergency order as wildfires rage, forcing thousands out

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency Thursday for the second time this year, as renewed wildfires forced thousands more out of northern communities.
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Former justice minister David Lametti confirms start date as adviser to PM Carney

Former justice minister David Lametti confirms start date as adviser to PM Carney

OTTAWA — Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney's Prime Minister's Office on Monday. Lametti posted on LinkedIn to confirm his start date as Carney's principal secretary, a top political aide position.
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Government extends temporary trade war relief measures for employment insurance

Government extends temporary trade war relief measures for employment insurance

OTTAWA — The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S.
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Campaign to woo NDP donors away from central party 'misguided,' says ex-strategist

Campaign to woo NDP donors away from central party 'misguided,' says ex-strategist

OTTAWA — A campaign by federal New Democrats to urge party members to shift their donations away from the central party to local electoral associations is a "self-sabotaging" act, says a former NDP strategist.
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B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church

B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s.
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Newfoundland couple's love note in a bottle found 13 years later on Irish shore

Newfoundland couple's love note in a bottle found 13 years later on Irish shore

ST. JOHN'S — A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week — and the couple behind it are still in love.
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In the news today: U.S. smoke complaints, Vancouver safety review, weak condo market

In the news today: U.S. smoke complaints, Vancouver safety review, weak condo market

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
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