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OTTAWA — More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal government is funding a study to do just that.

CALGARY — WestJet says 16 of its planes have been grounded after a massive hailstorm hit Calgary earlier this week, and the decreased capacity means it will have to cut flights across its network for the "foreseeable future.

Another person has been arrested after allegedly making threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau online.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Police in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say a woman and a child died in Tuesday's multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1.

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says federal departments are reviewing how two men with suspected links to a terrorist group abroad were allowed into Canada.

RICHMOND, B.C.

Max Paulhus says he could hear wood breaking and a roaring sound before an approaching surge of water raced down the Fraser River after breaking free from a landslide upstream. Paulhus lives in Lillooet, B.C.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he has seen a large jump in the number of dentists who have agreed to provide services under the new dental-care program.

MONTREAL — Hotel workers in three of Quebec’s largest cities are set to walk off the job Thursday in the middle of the busy summer tourist season.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has previously confirmed 18 cases of listeriosis — including two deaths — linked to Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond milk.