Vaccinated adults help keep unvaccinated kids safe, experts say

Many parents are concerned about what’s safe for children under 12, not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, to do and experts say having the adults in their lives vaccinated helps keep the kids safe too.
Tensions flare over Anglican church burned down on Gitwangak First Nation

An 108-year-old Anglican church was destroyed by a fire Thursday night on the Gitwangak First Nation’s land. It’s the latest church to burn down after the discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous residential school children. Indigenous leaders are condemning the vandalism.
Surviving Second World War veterans honoured with classic cars, fancy dinner in St. John's

There are only 80 Second World War veterans left in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the Royal Canadian Legion, but 12 were honoured in St. John's Friday night.
Severe thunderstorm floods roads in Calgary
Calgary police say they have received multiple reports of flash flooding after a severe thunderstorm hit the city Friday evening.
Briggs wildfire spares Cigar Lake mine in northern Sask. but continues to burn

The Briggs fire near the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan continues to burn, but it's now moved past the main camp "without serious impact to the site," according to Cameco, which runs the facility.
This former Canadian Olympian wants cannabis taken off the Games' banned substances list

The ban on Olympic athletes using cannabis is outdated and needs to change, says retired Canadian Olympic hurdler Perdita Felicien.
Calgary's TC Energy files $15B US trade complaint for cancellation of Keystone XL permit

Calgary-based TC Energy says it has started a formal claim for over $15 billion US under the North American Free Trade Agreement over the cancellation of a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
B.C. man says he watched in horror as Lytton wildfire claimed the lives of his parents

Jeff Chapman of Lytton, B.C., says he watched in helpless horror as his parents were killed Wednesday while they were taking cover from a wildfire that raged across their property and eventually destroyed most of the village.
7 dead, including 4 children, after fire at home in Chestermere, Alta.

Seven people are dead, including four children, after a early morning fire in Chestermere, Alta.
Winnipeg police investigating toppling of queen statues at legislature
After the statues were pulled down on Thursday during a walk to remember Indigenous children who died at residential schools, the head of a Queen Victoria statue was removed and thrown in the Assiniboine River.