The wildfires threatening communities in British Columbia’s interior are now a dominant issue in this federal election campaign as candidates from all the parties try to win over B.C. voters who are in danger of losing everything.

Para judo athlete and strong medal contender Priscilla Gagné of Sarnia, Ont., has been chosen as Canada’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau continued his push to make mandatory vaccination an election issue Friday calling the Conservative opposition to such a regime “irresponsible” and “dangerous,” while urging the party to mandate that all of their candidates get a shot.

All five of Canada’s big banks will soon make vaccines mandatory for all staff who wish to return to the office, and those who don’t comply will have to agree to regular testing.

In the 26 years that Rick Jackson has worked at the Gables Restaurant in Saint Andrews, N.B., this was the first year the business didn’t receive a single job application.

COVID-19 vaccine standards differ internationally. Now some Canadian cruise ship workers say they lost out on jobs because they have mixed vaccines.

Protesters against old-growth logging have been in the Fairy Creek watershed for over a year, and police have been enforcing a court injunction since the spring. Protesters say they aren’t going anywhere, even though there have been more arrests in the past few weeks.

The Ontario PC party said Thursday it regrets sending fundraising letters labelled “invoice.” The letters were blasted by opposition parties and those who received them as a scam meant to trick vulnerable people into donating to Premier Doug Ford’s re-election fund.

Toys “R” Us Canada will soon have a new owner as part of a deal that will see retail entrepreneur Doug Putman take over the chain from investment conglomerate Fairfax Financial.

Aviation safety experts agree it would be harrowing for passengers to be caught in wildfire smoke like the kind that enveloped a flight from Vancouver to Kelowna, B.C., on Sunday, but said commercial pilots are trained and equipped to handle the extreme turbulence and land safely.