Frustrated with a lack of communication from local government, some residents and business owners in Lytton, B.C., have asked the provincial government to take an active role in rebuilding the village after it was levelled by a fire.

The National for Sunday, August 1 — This year for the first time, the federal government is recognizing Emancipation Day. Canada’s Andre De Grasse won bronze with a personal best run, while Penny Olesiak became the country’s most decorated Olympian. And, high jumpers competing for Italy and Qatar decided to share first place.

Rapper DaBaby was cut Sunday from Lollapalooza's closing lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival.

Wildfire crews are battling a growing number of blazes across B.C., and they're also contending with heavy smoke that has blanketed large swathes of the province with dangerous pollutants.

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday — and persuaded organizers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi.

Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar's military leader on Sunday declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the extended state of emergency until elections are held in about two years.

Tokyo Olympics organizers say they have banished six people, including two silver medallists from the country of Georgia, for breaking rules designed to protect against COVID-19.

Norbert Stemmer and his mother rushed over to Canada from Germany after finding out his nephews died in the Kelowna crane collapse, but now they're stuck in quarantine despite being fully vaccinated and showing negative PCR tests.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday to get involved in her case after saying she had been removed from the national team and taken to Tokyo airport against her wishes over her criticism of national coaches.