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CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A Chilliwack, B.C., woman has been arrested over what police are describing as racially offensive content she shared via social media. Police say the woman was arrested on Aug.

JASPER, ALTA. — Parks Canada says a wildfire that forced everyone to flee the Alberta town of Jasper and destroyed close to a third of its buildings is no longer classified as out-of-control and is now listed as "being held.

WASHINGTON — The Swifties4Kamala group is on the march. Popstar Charlie XCX declared that "Kamala is brat." A Beyoncé song plays at the beginning of packed campaign rallies.

OTTAWA — Veteran broadcaster Charles Adler and Saskatchewan hospital executive Tracy Muggli are Canada's latest independent senators, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday.

Concerns persist despite a cool spring that left B.C. in a more "fortunate" position than expected, says a fisheries expert.

JASPER, ALTA. — It could take more than a century for the freshly burned forest in Jasper National Park to regenerate into its previous postcard-perfect form, a wildfire expert says.

Communities could previously receive up to $3 million per year through the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, but the government had moved to cap funding at $500,000.

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.

WINNIPEG — Mounties in Manitoba are investigating four deaths in and around the small community of McCreary, northwest of Winnipeg. RCMP Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring said around 10 a.m.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government hopes mining can eventually restart at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster, despite calls from the Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation to halt mining activity on its traditional territory.