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SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE — Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwes

A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs said Thursday that concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen conflicts this intense in more than 25 years.

VICTORIA — A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears Thursday as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds.

TOFINO — A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach.

The Appeals Court ruled Thursday that a $150,000 human-rights award should be restored after the B.C. Supreme Court overturned a decision of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in January.

OTTAWA — Veterans, diplomats, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders gathered Thursday at events across Canada commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

EDMONTON — The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says the church needs to be in the public square and he is looking forward to working with the new pope.

TORONTO — A senior medical advisor with the Public Health Agency of Canada says the country could lose its measles elimination status if the highly contagious disease continues to spread into the fall. Dr.

Allegations laid out in a sexual-assault lawsuit against Hockey Canada and eight unnamed players cannot be used as proof of any wrongdoing in the ongoing criminal trial of five hockey players, jurors in the case heard Thursday.

MONTREAL — Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province's fertility rate reached its lowest level on record.