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Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the province will bring in experts if necessary as part of a review to ensure safety at an intersection where 15 seniors were killed in a crash.

OTTAWA — Canadians should be on alert for more bad air quality days ahead this summer as wildfires continue to burn out of control in most provinces, national public health officials warned Monday.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it is not investigating allegations of political interference in the federal handling of criminal charges against engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

OTTAWA — Snowbirds pilot Maj. Steve Hurlbut has been charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident in Barrie, Ont., last week. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office says it began an investigation last Wednesday.

A search was underway Monday in an area of the Atlantic Ocean about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland for a small submersible reported missing during a dive to view the wreckage of the Titanic.

HALIFAX — Search vessels and aircraft from the United States and Canada were scouring an area Monday south of Newfoundland for a small submersible reported missing during a dive to view the wreckage of the Titanic.

OTTAWA — The Native Women's Association of Canada says it is hoping to make ugly truths about the ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples easier for students to see and understand with a graphic guide that could form the basis of school curriculums.

OTTAWA — Conservative members of Parliament joined other parties to vote in favour of a bill that enshrines the federal government's long-term commitment to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system.

QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois has turned down an invitation to address the crowd at a major concert marking the province's national holiday in protest over the choice of host.

LEBEL-SUR-QUÉVILLON, Que. — The mayor of a northern Quebec town said Monday that firefighters were making progress combating a nearby forest fire, but he warned residents to be prepared should a new evacuation order be issued.