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Repairing the British Columbia highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding will be complicated by the scale of the damage, the terrain and the coming winter, building experts say.

HALIFAX — The cramped space, bright lights and watching eyes continue to haunt Lisa Adams.

The Canadian Armed Forces has been called in to help with recovery efforts in flood-stricken B.C., with the provincial government declaring a state of emergency.

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times eastern): 11:57 p.m. A late-night evacuation train carrying about 200 people stranded for days by British Columbia's mudslides and floods left Hope for Vancouver.

A late-night evacuation passenger train carrying about 200 people stranded for days by British Columbia's mudslides and floods left Hope for Vancouver Wednesday.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — There's plenty of room and lots of good reasons for Canada and the United States to find common ground on tax credits for electric vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting bet

IQALUIT — Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly have chosen the territory's next leader in a secret ballot. P.J. Akeeagok will be the new premier of the territory of about 40,000 people. He is to be sworn into the job on Friday.

Thousands of farm animals have died in an "agriculture disaster" in British Columbia set off by floods that swamped an area of the province known for its prime farming industry.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia declared a state of emergency Wednesday following unprecedented flooding that has displaced residents, severed access to multiple highways and killed thousands of livestock while many more animals are in danger of dying.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is warning his MPs that they risk the same fate as a senator expelled from the party caucus if they challenge his leadership.