'Let me breathe': Manitoba RCMP officer dismissed pleas while pinning man's neck in arrest, video shows

Manitoba's police watchdog says it will investigate a 2019 incident in which an RCMP officer held his knee on the neck of a man being arrested, who cried out "I can't breathe" repeatedly as he lay helpless for more than four minutes.
A close-up look at the fight against B.C. wildfires

CBC News gets a close-up look at how crews are fighting wildfires in B.C., even as the efforts face criticism for not being fast enough.
Alberta to backtrack on plans to lift COVID-19 protocols, government source says

Alberta's health guidelines will remain in place for now, a government source tells CBC News.
The National: Election preparation, Taliban siege, Delta variant and kids

The National for Thursday, Aug. 12 — The stakes of the upcoming federal election and what a pandemic campaign could look like. Plus, up close with the fight against B.C. wildfires.
Britney Spears's father steps down as conservator of pop star's estate

Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears's estate, the pop star's lawyer said on Thursday.
Crown wraps Meng Wanzhou extradition case with claim charge not 'unique or unprecedented'

Strip away the geopolitics and Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is like any other defendant facing a fraud charge, says a lawyer for Canada's attorney general.
Scientists retrace steps of Ice Age mammoth over its entire lifetime

More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice, according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced the lifetime of one of the extinct Arctic creatures.


