| | | Hello, these are your top stories for Monday, August 07, 2023. Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | | | | August 7 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT | A makeshift House has been set up at the Sir John A. Macdonald building across the street from Parliament while maintenance work is being done to the current chamber in West Block. | Read more | | | | August 7 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT | The real story beneath these cherished landscapes that are integral to our national identity is one of displacement, forced labour and exclusion. But a transformative shift is underway as Canadians confront that past and work toward a brighter future. | Read more | | | | August 7 , 2023 • 06:20 AM EDT | Niger's mutinous soldiers closed the country's airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack, as the junta defied a deadline to restore the ousted president and said any attempt to fly over the country will be met with "an energetic and immediate response." | Read more | | | | | August 7 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT | Glen LeMesurier began working on his Twilight Sculpture Garden in 1999 when it was an empty lot. Since then, he has filled it with 80 sculptures and a field of sweet clover. But with the physical and financial toll of metalworking catching up with him, the artist is now asking for the public's help. | Read more | | | | August 6 , 2023 • 07:31 PM EDT | Residents of 13 properties near the Adams Lake West Forest Service Road were ordered to evacuate due to the Bush Creek East wildfire in British Columbia's Shuswap region on Sunday as officials confirmed three cabins had burned down in two separate fires near Lillooet. | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was forwarded to you. | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |