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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Members of Lytton First Nation are fleeing their homes again amid record-setting blazes in the province of ...

Members of the Lytton First Nation are again fleeing their homes amid record-setting blazes in the Canadian province of British Columbia, with the Indigenous community yet to replace dozens of buildings razed in a devastating fire two years ago. By Sunday, the out-of-control Stein Mountain fire was just 300 metres from reserve land, burning its way down a steep slope that has stymied firefighting efforts, the community's Chief Niakia Hanna told Reuters. Canada is being seared by a record-se...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Members of the Lytton First Nation are again fleeing their homes amid record-setting blazes in the Canadian ...

Canada's new justice minister said on Monday that the government will act to address the heightened sense of insecurity felt by certain sections of the population, though "empirically" it is unlikely Canadians are less safe from crime, he said. Arif Virani, a Toronto member of parliament, was appointed justice minister in a broad cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week. Virani, who came to Canada as a refugee from Uganda in 1972, said high-profile attacks...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's new justice minister said on Monday that the government will act to address the heightened sense o...

Canadas new justice minister said on Monday that the government will act to address the heightened sense of insecurity felt by certain sections of the population, though empirically it is...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Lisa Pauli wants to die.

Canada's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a border pact under which Canada and the United States send back asylum seekers crossing the land border, finding the agreement does not violate asylum seekers' right to life, liberty and security of the person. But it sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether the contested agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. The ruling came as Canada was taking steps to more tightly manage its border w...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's government has introduced a bill seeking to make it harder for some repeat offenders of violent cr...

By Ismail Shakil and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadas main oil-producing province of Alberta faces an upsurge in wildfire activity as western ...