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DUNCAN, B.C. — A Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new kind of ambassador after deciding it will no longer send a town crier to greet visitors or represent the community at events.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A nursing shortage is affecting the country's most northern communities, with eight health centres run by nurses expectedto temporarily shut their doors if staff aren't found to keep them open.

OTTAWA — A prominent gun-control group is accusing the federal Liberals of endangering public safety by backpedalling on a pledge to ensure firearm buyers have a valid licence.

WASHINGTON — The United States will remain on the sidelines for now as Canada gamely welcomes back fully vaccinated American citizens and permanent residents. As of midnight Sunday night, non-essential U.S.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $11.8 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Aug.

MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announced plans Saturday to financially support the creation of a Quebec research and development centre on food self-sufficiency.

MONTREAL — The Montreal First Peoples' Festival is back until Aug. 11 at the Place des Festivals and other locations in the city, a year after most Indigenous events such as powwows were put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert.

TORONTO — A ticket holder from the Prairies won Friday's $34 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Aug. 10 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press

MONTE LAKE, B.C. — An aggressive wildfire burning in the Central Okanagan region is forcing people in another 975 properties to leave their homes.