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Currently, the province and the emergency preparedness department are 'apparently capable to handle the situation,' Defence Minister David McGuinty said.

The CAF says its Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria was notified by a civilian vessel of several people in the water without personal floatation devices.

Richmond RCMP said four men and two women remain unaccounted for and are presumed drowned after a charter boat sank off the coast of Richmond, in the Roberts Bank area.

Prime Minister Carney made the announcement while touring a Canadian Armed Forces base in Halifax on Monday afternoon, shortly before leaving for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

The Canadian military's armoured regiment has been left with a single squadron of decades-old Leopard tanks, which the federal government is looking to replace.

Maple the llama was meant to be a guardian on a farm in Saskatchewan. When she went blind, she was introduced to Bo Peep the sheep -- the now-bonded pair has become famous.

Separately, the White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with Iran have 'terminated' despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region.

RCMP said people in the area could expect to hear a 'muffled explosion' that is 'similar to the sound of a gunshot' while they remove the explosive device safely. 

Bill C-9, known as the Combatting Hate Act, received royal assent in June and was aimed at combating antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate against marginalized groups.

Canada's Minister of Emergency Management has approved a request for federal assistance to assist the flood-ravaged regions in western Manitoba.

Two leaders from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Edmonton have been removed pending an investigation, the Department of National Defence said.

Military police will no longer accept Criminal Code sexual offence complaints as of Monday, in anticipation of passage of the new military justice system reform bill.

Torontonians may see an improvement in air quality Friday afternoon, but it won’t last long as wildfire smoke continues to plague the region.

Before 5 a.m. on May 15, York Regional Police said four suspects forcefully broke into a home in the area of Stormont Trail and Carling Road.

Visitors to Pigeon Lake Provincial Park, southwest of Edmonton, are being forced to contend with an army of visitors that are in the midst of a 'cyclical boom.'

Critics say the government has entered the wildfire season unprepared and without setting aside enough money up front to plan for the summer.

The defence minister said Canada's strategy in responding to the U.S. was evident in recruitment numbers for the Canadian Armed Forces, which he announced have hit a 30-year high.

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who made a historic trip around the moon in April as part of the Artemis II space mission, is leaving the Canadian Space Agency.

For years magic mushrooms have been seen as a recreational party drug. But perceptions are changing. A growing number of researchers say psilocybin may have an important role.

One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday.