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WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — Residents of wildfire evacuation zones around West Kelowna, B.C., are being warned not to try to dodge police checkpoints and to stay out of restricted areas or face possible fines.

Western Canada was a global hot spot in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record, according to a new analysis.

OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" organizer Chris Barber called for people to "flood the city" in a social media video that was shown Thursday in court as part of his criminal trial in Ottawa.

Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec's justice minister blamed the provincial court Thursday for procedural delays that have led to scores of criminal cases being dropped in the province's north.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates further, given that inflation may stay high for some time, said governor Tiff Macklem Thursday.

OTTAWA — Canada's record-setting wildfire season is spurring the federal government to consider how to tackle future fires, floods or earthquakes.

Veteran journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who held a mirror up to Canada, has died at the age of 94. He died in hospital in Belleville, Ont.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Police say the explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Prince George, B.C., last month was likely caused by "unauthorized" people who broke into the property and were unaware of a natural-gas buildup inside.

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's proposed changes to the alternative minimum tax will generate an additional $2.6 billion in revenue over five years.