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VANCOUVER — Thousands of dead fish, a prolonged wildfire season and intense water shortages leading to ice rink closures are all symptoms of record-setting drought in parts of British Columbia.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they have arrested a 53-year-old man in connection with a shooting at an upscale resort in the Laurentians region. Police say the man is scheduled to appear in court by videoconference over the long weekend.

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog says it has opened an investigation after a man died several hours after being stopped by police for impaired driving.

MONTREAL — Long before the Plateau-Mont-Royal became one of Montreal's trendiest neighbourhoods, the area was home to a 19th-century botanical garden and zoo where Montrealers marvelled at the sight of hippopotamuses, acrobatic circus acts and a live

WASHINGTON — He's the Kevin Bacon of modern American politics, a familiar shadow that seems to loom over or lurk behind virtually every major storyline playing out on the U.S. campaign trail and beyond.

OTTAWA — To flush or not to flush? It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer.

VANCOUVER — All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat.

VANCOUVER — The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief early last year.

TORONTO — Andrea Skinner has submitted her resignation as the interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Incoming Alberta premier Danielle Smith says she will seek the southeastern seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat in a byelection, despite not living in the area and there already being a seat open in Calgary.