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MONTREAL — About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province.

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When Mayor Shane Brienen of Houston, B.C., thinks about the impact of the impending closure of the town's sawmill, he worries not only about the economic fallout.

BRETON, ALBERTA — "My name is Vant Hayes and I'm the only Black one left out here." Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton, 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.

OTTAWA — The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy.

OTTAWA — Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform.

WASHINGTON — U.S.

Zein Almoghraby ran outside his hotel room in southeast Turkey when the building began shaking early Monday morning. Once he stepped into the hallway, the Toronto resident saw people running frantically down the stairs.

OTTAWA — The federal government has presented a new health-care funding offer that would see Ottawa shift $196 billion to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years in exchange for commitments to massively upgrade health-care data collectio

VANCOUVER — Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life.