Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says he’s returning to the private sector after his lopsided loss to MP Pierre Poilievre in the Conservative leadership election. Charest, who campaigned as a more moderate Tory compared to the right-wing and populist Poilievre, congratulated his opponent on his win in a video message …

Karan Singh says his parents decided to send their son to Canada because they thought he’d get into fights at home. The 20-year-old, who studies criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Surrey, B.C., hails from the tiny village of Bakipur in Haryana state, in northern India. He said his parents …

A new statue of the Virgin Mary has been unveiled at a Toronto church in Parkdale two years after a similar statue was vandalized on its property. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Toronto, 1515 Queen St. W., held a special ceremony following mass on Sunday to allow church …

Officials in Canmore say there has been increased bear activity around the Alberta town as the animals search for food before winter — and are hoping a new bylaw will help to discourage it. “The end of August, beginning of September is when the bears are hunting for berries,” said Caitlin …

Ross MacLeod, a 74-year-old retired school teacher, bought into the float home lifestyle in 2015. MacLeod found what turned out to be a dream at Grants Landing near Fort Langley, about 50 kilometres east of Vancouver, in the form of a three-storey home floating on the tidal waters of the Fraser River. …

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his party won’t underestimate new Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after the MP won a decisive victory in the party’s leadership election. “We don’t underestimate at all … our adversaries in politics,” LeBlanc told chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton during an interview on Rosemary Barton …

The top U.S. diplomat in Canada spoke in Gander, N.L., on Sunday to thank residents for their help after the Sept. 11 attacks 21 years ago. Ambassador David Cohen marked the occasion with a speech during the town’s annual remembrance ceremony. He said the community, which took hundreds of stranded airline passengers into its schools …

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Ontario has set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low and is therefore discriminating against young people, who will bear a disproportionate burden of climate change, seven youth activists argue in a lawsuit against the government. Their constitutional challenge, backed by Ecojustice environmental lawyers, is set to be heard Monday …

Atco Electric is working to add another generator to further support electricity going to Jasper, Alta., while firefighters continue battling intense wildfire conditions Sunday. More extreme wildfire conditions were expected this weekend due to forecasted dry, hot and windy weather. The north end of the Chetamon Mountain wildfire, in Jasper National Park, …