More than 1,000 people were forced to leave their homes at the last minute on Wednesday evening as a wildfire tore through Lytton, B.C., following three days of nationwide record-breaking temperatures in the small village.

Canadians traded in the traditional red-and-white garb for Canada Day, donning orange, building memorials and taking part in events as part of a national reckoning with the horrific legacy of residential schools on Indigenous peoples.

Dozens of people, many wearing orange shirts in memory of Indigenous children sent to residential schools, surrounded the monument as ropes were wrapped around it and it was pulled off its base.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he understands the rage, frustration and pain brought on by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, but funnelling that anguish into burning down churches will not bring justice.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a new study on the 'pulses' of Earth's geological events and a Maritime company that makes Lego-style bricks made from recycled plastic.

All non-essential personnel have been evacuated due to the fire, the corporation that runs the mine said in a statement.

As U.S. President Joe Biden met Thursday with rescue crews and relatives, search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium building were halted over concern about the stability of the remaining structure, officials said.

Montreal has announced it will set up outdoor viewing parties to allow fans to watch the Canadiens play in the Stanley Cup final, a day after Quebec public health denied a request to allow more fans into the Bell Centre.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking that people celebrating Canada Day also make time to reflect on the nation’s historical failures and commit to building a more fair and equitable society.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday that anyone who tries to bully China "will face broken heads and bloodshed," in a defiant speech at a celebration of the centenary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party.