Workers at an inn in Lunenburg, N.S., used social media to track down the owner of a photo album left there in 2012.

Following are some of the major milestones in the Islamist militant movement's advance in recent months.

Shifting winds are expected to fuel further expansion of British Columbia's biggest wildfires on Sunday, according to the provincial wildfire service.

U.S.-based human rights lawyer Kimberley Motley says the all-girls robotics team In Afghanistan watched in horror as their city, Herat, fell to the Taliban. They want to come to Canada and continue their education.

The death toll from a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.

Canadians working to evacuate allies from Afghanistan described chaos, fear and disappointment on Sunday as Canada shut down its embassy in Kabul and suspended diplomatic relations as the Taliban advanced on the capital.

The Philippines recorded 14,749 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, its second-largest daily increase, and an additional 270 deaths — its third-highest one-day spike in fatalities, as the spread of the virulent delta variant overwhelms hospitals and health-care workers.

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Allen Rankin grew up in Southwest Mabou, but he now lives and works in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He and fiancée, Rachel Johnson, had been planning to get married in Cape Breton, but when their plans changed in part due to the pandemic, Rankin decided to bring a little bit of the island to Ontario.

Prince Andrew, who has stepped back from royal duties, has repeatedly denied the sexual assault allegation at the heart of a civil lawsuit launched against him recently. But in the eyes of observers, any return to a more public role appears unlikely.