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Crews fighting forest fires in northern Ontario are receiving help from other provinces, the U.S. and Mexico as they try to contain several blazes after days of hot and humid weather. Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said in a release that, as of Saturday night, 64 forest fires were burning in the northern and northeastern half of the province, with 29 of them out of control. Source

Some residents of the Okanagan region in British Columbia woke up Sunday to a sight they hadn’t seen in days: a smoke-free blue sky. “This is the best I’ve seen it in the last couple days,” Peachland Mayor Cindy Fortin told CTV News Channel. Source

STANDOFF, Alta. -- A dispute between two families over land on Canada's largest reserve is heading to court in part to question whether First Nations members have any right to the ground beneath their feet. Source

JOHANNESBURG -- Ethiopia has "no option" but to pursue multi-party democracy, the reformist new prime minister said Sunday, again shaking up Africa's second most populous nation that for decades has been ruled by a single coalition. Source

TORONTO -- Monica Martins and her husband had been looking for a house for nine months by the time they fell in love with a "character home" in Toronto's east end. With demand for properties high and bidding wars the norm, they knew getting the home wouldn't be easy, so to convince the seller to choose their offer, they decided to go beyond simply digging deep into their bank account. Source

Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. He was 57. The Los Angeles Times, where Gold most recently worked, reported that he died Saturday after being diagnosed earlier this month with pancreatic cancer. Source

A little taste of farm life has descended on Edmonton as nearly 400 goats have been hired to help out with weed removal in the city’s parks. On Saturday, the herd was tasked with chowing down on leafy spurge, an invasive weed species with several yellow flowers in a bunch, at Rundle Park in Edmonton’s east end. Source

"Grab the baby!" Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman's family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the amphibious vessel known as a duck boat into Table Rock Lake near Branson, Coleman said. Source

She had to crowdfund her way there, but an Indigenous filmmaker from Manitoba made her voice heard as a speaker at this year's popular Comic-Con festival in San Diego. "I was like, I would love to go to Comic-Con and talk about the special challenges faced by Indigenous creators when they want to make films and comic books and novels that aren't about poverty porn," said Sonya Ballantyne, who's from Misipawistik First Nation near Grand Rapids, Man. Source

A minibus with bullet holes on its side is seen on the road between Weenen and Colenso, in KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa, early Sunday, July 22, 2018. South African police say gunmen opened fire on the vehicle carrying members of a taxi drivers' association, killing 11 people and critically wounding four others. Source