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OTTAWA — Canada's new ambassador to Ukraine had an eerie sense of déjà vu when she reached Kyiv last month.

Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology will impact learning and academic integrity.

TORONTO — Revivaltime Tabernacle, a church that took in several hundred recent asylum claimants over the past few months in response to Toronto's shelter space crisis, says it will no longer be open as a shelter.

The charred hills surrounding Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict.

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There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $40 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Sept. 5 will be an estimated $50 million, with two $1 million Maxmillion prizes up for grabs. The Canadian Press

YELLOWKNIFE — The City of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation said Friday that wildfire evacuees may be able to return as soon as Sept. 6.

VANCOUVER — A pediatric infectious disease doctor says there's nothing to suggest that British Columbia parents sending kids back to school next week need to make big changes in how they manage COVID-19 after a new variant was discovered in the provi

West Kelowna resident Heather MacKay watched her home burn via an interior security camera about two weeks ago as the property was engulfed by wildfire. She said she saw the smoke spread and "could hear the flames popping".

Police in Kingston, Ont., say five people are facing charges following a drug-trafficking investigation in the city.