National News

ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday the Liberal government will present a federal budget in the fall, allowing time for clarity on some key economic and fiscal issues to emerge.

LAC DU BONNET — Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet as crews continue to battle wildfires in eastern Manitoba.

NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of a baby elephant has been certified as the world's largest during an event in the British Columbia city that bears the sweet treat's name.

The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about a tiny, seven-pound black bear cub that had been rescued with burns to her paws, nose and lips from a forest fire.

MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure, have been inscribed into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

IQALUIT — Elections Canada has confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has won the riding of Nunavut over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday evening after a vote validation process.

MAIN BROOK — Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, but her prom helped bring many in her community together.

OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect of being defunded by a Conservative government.

Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want to discuss issues as a local politician, but a federal agency's decision to cull a flock of 400 ostriches in Edgewood, B.C.

OTTAWA — A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those companies shouldn't be expected to fulfil the same responsibilities as traditional broadcasters when it comes to Canadian content.