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The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said as of early afternoon Monday, there were about 440 properties on evacuation order and 3,000 under alert, calling the situation “dynamic and everchanging.”

On Monday afternoon, Sooke Potholes Park on Vancouver Island was closed due to a wildfire detected near Mavis Lake east of Victoria.

In an interview with CBC News shortly before 5:30 p.m. PT, Sooke Mayor Maja Tait said there is currently no risk to the wider community, but as a precaution, the district has cancelled a scheduled council meeting so it can react if anything changes.

That same fire also forced the evacuation of the Bowron Lake provincial park canoe circuit and the artistic enclave of Wells, impacting up to 1,000 residents, tourists and temporary workers, according to Mayor Ed Coleman.

Farther south, the city of Williams Lake, B.C., home to more than 10,000 people, ordered a local state of emergency Sunday night after a fire broke out along Mackenzie Avenue, which is a strip of businesses and industry.

Locals posted photos and video of water bombers flying low over the neighbourhood on Sunday evening, and by midnight Mayor Surinderpal Rathor confirmed residents who had been “tactically evacuated” from their homes were allowed to return.

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Since 2021, the anonymous group, Advance Regina, has been running thousands of dollars worth of advertising on social media and billboard campaigns complaining about crime, taxes and city services.

Advance Regina bills itself as “local residents who love our city,” but its website and social media presence provides no names of actual people behind the organization.

In the past, she was the Saskatchewan Party’s director of training and a constituency organizer, and just last year Premier Scott Moe nominated her for the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal for public service, according to her Facebook page.

Aaron Moore, a political science professor from the University of Winnipeg, said that as cities have grown and their budgets have inflated, this issue of third-party activism and donations has become more important.

“Advance Regina has transitioned to focus on issue-based advocacy, citizen and voter engagement, and promoting awareness of the current council’s poor performance.”

Moore, the University of Winnipeg political science professor, said that while there are stringent rules for third-party advertising in provincial and federal elections in Canada, that’s generally not the case for municipalities.

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The school says in its latest encampment update that it has “taken a calm, measured and reasoned approach” to the protest since it was set up on May 1, but administrators “see no further prospect for a successful dialogue.”

On a social media page, protesters naming themselves “People’s Park UVIC” confirm the school has issued them a trespass notice, adding the administration has told them to "vacate by 8 a.m.

Protesters at the university have been demanding the school cut financial and academic ties with Israeli entities due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The latest development at UVic comes about a week after Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., launched legal action against protesters there for allegedly ignoring a deadline to leave their camp.

The group also reposted a statement from July 19, saying it is “unfortunately no surprise to once again witness our administration betraying the integrity of this process and emphasizing that these negotiations have been and always will be on their terms.”

The recent developments come after an Ontario court granted the University of Toronto an injunction on July 2 that ordered protesters there to dismantle their encampment on the grounds that it is a violation of the school’s property rights.

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Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is calling for the creation of “protective zones” around political constituency offices to shield members of Parliament and their staff from a rising tide of threatening behaviour.

Mendicino, a Toronto Liberal MP, said under the plan, anyone who intimidated or otherwise harassed people within the buffer zone of perhaps 50 to 100 metres would be subject to harsher criminal penalties including jail time.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mendicino suggested spelling out such zones in regulations that will flow from the recently passed foreign interference bill, which contains new measures to protect essential infrastructure.

The former minister’s comments come as the attempted assassination of former U.S. president Donald Trump prompts renewed concern and discussion about the safety of Canadian politicians.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said this week he worries about his family’s safety, and that he had sought protection in response to menacing behaviour.

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme recently said he wanted the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.

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Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is calling for the creation of “protective zones” around political constituency offices to shield members of Parliament and their staff from a rising tide of threatening behaviour.

Mendicino, a Toronto Liberal MP, said under the plan, anyone who intimidated or otherwise harassed people within the buffer zone of perhaps 50 to 100 metres would be subject to harsher criminal penalties including jail time.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mendicino suggested spelling out such zones in regulations that will flow from the recently passed foreign interference bill, which contains new measures to protect essential infrastructure.

The former minister’s comments come as the attempted assassination of former U.S. president Donald Trump prompts renewed concern and discussion about the safety of Canadian politicians.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said this week he worries about his family’s safety, and that he had sought protection in response to menacing behaviour.

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme recently said he wanted the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.

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Poilievre made the remarks in Montréal after being asked why he hasn’t yet committed to the NATO benchmark of spending two per cent of annual GDP on the military.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reach the target by 2032 at the NATO summit in Washington D.C. on Thursday after facing criticism for lagging behind alliance partners.

After the meeting, McConnell published a post on X: “It’s time for our northern ally to invest seriously in the hard power required to help preserve prosperity and security across NATO.”

In May, a group of U.S. senators from both major parties sent a letter to Trudeau urging the Liberal government to boost defence spending to the NATO target.

“It’s clear now Justin Trudeau is seen as an absolute joke on the world stage,” Poilievre said in reaction to allies’ criticism of Canada’s defence spending.

Since coming to power in 2015, the Trudeau government’s military spending as a percentage of GDP has ranged from a low of 1.16 per cent in 2016 to a high of 1.44 in 2017, according to NATO figures.

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The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed the federal government does not have absolute immunity from liability when Parliament enacts laws that are later overturned as unconstitutional.

The ruling says the decision is meant to strike a balance between “the protection of constitutional rights and the need for effective government.”

“The government and its representatives are required to exercise their powers in good faith and to respect the ‘established and indisputable’ laws that define the constitutional rights of individuals,” the ruling says.

The ruling stems from the case of Joseph Power, who was convicted on two counts of sexual assault and sentenced to eight months in prison.

When that law was later found to be unconstitutional, Power filed a notice seeking damages from the federal government in court.

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld that ruling, freeing Power to pursue damages.

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A minute-long spiel from a Punjabi-speaking influencer, singing the praises of Navkin Transport, a new trucking business in Brampton, Ont., where Saini lives.

“It is a huge problem,” says Navi Aujla, director of the Labour Community Services of Peel, a non-profit that has taken up the cases of more than 250 truckers over the last two years.

Many of the drivers Aujla represents — including Saini — are recent immigrants who are attracted to long-haul driving because the in-demand industry is a reliable pathway to permanent-resident status.

Wage debts can be certified in Federal Court, which means a business’s assets can be seized, however, it’s ultimately up to the workers to collect what they’re owed.

In an emailed statement, Hardev Taggar said he started the company in February 2024 after his previous business — Fastlane Truckers — encountered what he called “serious financial problems.”

And his plan to return home to India to visit family for the first time in five years has been put on hold as he tries to dig himself out of a financial hole.

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There are reports of IT outages affecting major institutions in Australia and internationally.

The ABC is experiencing a major network outage, along with several other media outlets.

Crowd-sourced website Downdetector is listing outages for Foxtel, National Australia Bank and Bendigo Bank.

Follow our live blog as we bring you the latest updates.

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DETROIT (AP) — Ford plans to start making its F-Series Super Duty pickups at a plant in Ontario, Canada beginning in 2026 in order to keep up with customer demand for the vehicle.

Ford Motor Co. also makes the Super Duty pickups at plants in Kentucky and Ohio, which are operating at full capacity.

Unlocking Super Duty volume will also support businesses and tradespeople who rely on these trucks and first responders who serve their communities.”

The investment preserves about 1,800 jobs in Oakville, plus Ford will add 150 workers at a Windsor, Ontario, engine plant and about 70 positions at some U.S. component factories.

Ford’s statement said commercial customers have placed a high number of orders for Super Duty trucks since the company recently launched a new model.

The old plan to build an electric SUV with three rows of seats delayed production at the plant “for a period that was too long, too disruptive, and too harmful to accept,” Unifor National President Lana Payne said in a statement.

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Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is resigning from cabinet, CBC News has learned.

The Newfoundland and Labrador MP is planning to stay on as a member of Parliament until the next federal election but won’t seek re-election, the sources added.

He has been in cabinet since 2017 and has also held the natural resources, Indigenous services and veterans affairs portfolios.

Before entering politics, O’Regan was a host of the CTV morning show Canada AM and a national correspondent for the network.

Sources told CBC News the meeting is expected to be quick and virtual, and focus on clearing up unfilled appointments.

The cabinet meeting is the first since the Liberals’ surprising byelection loss to the Conservatives in Toronto-St. Paul’s, a riding that previously had been a stronghold for the party.

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With the maturity of the EXT4 file-system it’s not too often seeing any huge feature additions for this commonly used Linux file-system but there’s still the occasional wild performance optimization to uncover… With Linux 6.11 the EXT4 file-system can see upwards of a 20% performance boost in some scenarios.

Ted Ts’o sent out the EXT4 updates today for Linux 6.11.

He explained in that pull request: "Many cleanups and bug fixes in ext4, especially for the fast commit feature.

Up to 20% faster for fast devices using async direct I/O thanks to JBD2 optimizations.

Indeed the patch from Huawei’s Zhang Yi to speed up jbd2_transaction_committed() shows off some great improvements:

It’s great continuing to see EXT4 uncover new performance optimizations.

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During the three days the premiers met for the annual Council of the Federation conference in Halifax, they described tensions in their relationship with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government.

As the meetings wrapped up Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at the federal government’s billion-dollar national school food program, which promises to deliver meals to an additional 400,000 children per year.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, the chair of this year’s conference, said Ottawa’s approach to the federation “risks pitting provinces and territories, really Canadians, against one another.”

They floated several areas where they want to see the federal government play a bigger role, including infrastructure spending, Arctic security and immigration supports.

After years of criticism from allies — most notably the United States — the Liberal government announced last week that it hopes to meet NATO’s military investment commitment of two per cent of alliance members’ gross domestic product by 2032.

Kinew urged Trudeau to reach that target in four years to alleviate concerns south of the border ahead of a presidential election that could return former president Donald Trump to the White House.

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The Department of National Defence is actively considering whether to retire some older ships, planes and other items of equipment that have become difficult and costly to maintain — including the aircraft belonging to the iconic Snowbird demonstration squadron.

The navy has made a case publicly for replacing its four Victoria-class submarines and the Liberal government announced during the recent NATO Summit in Washington that it would proceed with the program.

He added he believes the staffing crisis within the military is making the situation worse by leaving the CAF with fewer technicians to keep older aircraft and ships running.

A study by the defence department’s director of major service delivery procurement warned at the time that the aircraft’s life expectancy would run to 2010 but could be extended for another decade if absolutely necessary.

A DND report from the fall of 2014 cleared the fleet as “technically airworthy” but noted “significant concerns, including some caused by financial restraints.”

I just want to get them a better plane," said Blair, adding that he’s asked the commander of the air force about the feasibility of using “existing fighter jets” to maintain an aerial demonstration team, as other allies do.

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New text messages unearthed by Conservative MPs on the Commons ethics committee show Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former business partner Stephen Anderson citing the name “Randy” in multiple text messages — a year after he claims he stopped working with the minister.

Anderson told Global News that there was a second Randy who was the head of GHI’s logistics — a claim he admitted was a lie during Wednesday’s committee hearing.

Speaking to reporters after the committee hearing, Green said Anderson is “a person who has had trouble telling the truth in the past.”

He said Anderson’s claim that all references to “Randy” were caused by autocorrect “just doesn’t make sense for anybody who has even a passing knowledge of technology.”

Recently, Canada’s ethics commissioner said he would not be pursuing an investigation into whether Boissonnault’s business dealings contravened the Conflict of Interest Act, following a review of the minister’s phone and text records.

“I no longer have concerns that you may have contravened your obligations under the Act and will take no further action at this time,” says the June 25 letter from Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein to Boissonnault.

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