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OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet has become the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian Air Force. She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony, presided over by the Chief of the Defence Staff Gen.

OTTAWA — Parliament's fiscal watchdog says the Canada Infrastructure Bank is more than $20 billion short of its investment targets for the coming years.

WINNIPEG — The wildfire threat is worsening in northern Manitoba, prompting alerts and evacuations for at least two more communities. Garden Hill First Nation, a fly-in community with a population of more than 3,000, is being threatened by fire.

ST. JOHN'S — A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week — and the couple behind it are still in love.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

WASHINGTON — Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Terry Yung says that when he attends Vancouver's Chinatown Festival this weekend, he'll enjoy himself knowing that the work has been done to make him and other attendees feel safe.

MONTREAL — Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon says he's been treated like a pariah in the eight years since he was publicly accused by multiple women of sexual assault.

WASHINGTON — Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S.

CALGARY — Police say they are looking for suspects after three people were stabbed at the Calgary Stampede late Tuesday. Calgary police have said officers were called to an area of the Stampede midway, where they found a severely injured man.