National News

OTTAWA — The managing director of a non-profit that tracks Chinese attempts to influence democracies around the world says Beijing wants to sow discord in western countries.

VICTORIA — A spell of unseasonably warm weather in the forecast for many parts of British Columbia is raising concerns for further flooding and wildfires. John Innes, a professor in the faculty of forestry at the University of B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. — A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of a 14-year-old boy almost four years ago.

Officials say they are preparing for hotter weather this coming weekend in central Alberta, posing a risk for more active wildfires after a brief reprieve.

WASHINGTON — Heavy spring flooding has made Line 5 an "imminent threat" to Lake Superior and a key Indigenous watershed, lawyers argued Tuesday in an emergency motion to shut down the controversial cross-border pipeline.

WASHINGTON — Canada's federal government was watching closely and saying little Tuesday as a high-stakes race against the clock got underway in earnest at the White House, with the health of the global economy hanging in the balance.

OTTAWA — The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation's board says the organization has been subjected to "unwarranted and unfair attacks" over allegations it received a donation that was part of a China-led foreign influence campaign.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Suncor Energy says someone was injured by a bear at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on the weekend. Spokesman Leithan Slade says it happened on Saturday at 8 p.m.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government tabled a bill Tuesday that would require short-term rental companies to ensure their online listings are certified by the province.

Montreal smoked meat has long been defined by a rivalry. Schwartz's deli may have been better known, but for many Montrealers the best smoked meat sandwich was prepared across the street, at the Main Deli.