The Canadian Press

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed Tuesday that Ottawa is planning to airlift Canadians out of Tel Aviv in "the coming days," as conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates. 

Joly said the government aims to conduct the evacuation using aircraft from the Canadian Armed Forces, and it is working on additional options for people who are unable to reach the airport in Tel Aviv.

A man from Montreal is believed to be among the victims of an attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend, according to his family.

Alain Haim Look said in a social media post that his son Alexandre Look was killed in Israel on Saturday while trying to save those around them.

"Like a real warrior, he left like a hero in wanting to protect the people he was with," the father wrote on Facebook. 

"Alex was a force of nature, endowed with a unique charisma and unparalleled generosity. The world will never be the same without you."

Some Canadians said they were stuck in Israel amid deadly fighting Sunday, as airlines cancelled flights out of the country and reaching the Canadian Embassy on a holiday weekend proved difficult.

Global Affairs Canada, meanwhile, said in a statement Sunday afternoon that it was aware of reports of one Canadian who has died amid the fighting and two others who are missing.

No further information about the identity of the Canadian who reportedly died, or the others who were missing, was included in the statement. 

Canadian politicians condemned an unprecedented Saturday attack Hamas militants waged on Israel that is being called the deadliest in the country in years.

Hours after the militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters to infiltrate the heavily fortified border by air, land and sea, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada strongly condemns the attacks and called for civilian life to be protected. 

The federal government is putting $740,000 toward further assessing the feasibility of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday that more research is needed to figure out how a search could be done.

An initial feasibility, also funded by the federal government, found that a search would be possible but that toxic materials could pose a risk to workers. He said that meant more issues needed addressing.

Incoming Manitoba premier Wab Kinew says the hard work begins now as his New Democrats work to fulfil their campaign promise to fix health care in the province.

Kinew says that work includes adding front-line health staff while building new emergency rooms and a cancer care facility.

Kinew is set to become Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier.

His party defeated the Progressive Conservatives on Tuesday to form a majority government.

The result led to the resignation of the other two main party leaders, including PC Premier Heather Stefanson.

A regimental funeral, including a procession and final salute, will be held for RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien today in Langley, B.C.

O'Brien, who was 51, died Sept. 22 while he and other officers were executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam. 

He was shot and died at the scene, while two other officers and the suspect were injured.

O'Brien came to the Mounties late in life, joining in 2016 after a career of working with at-risk children, but it wasn't long before he was decorated for bravery for helping to rescue victims from a home invasion. 

Manitobans elected the NDP into government on Tuesday, and Leader Wab Kinew is set to become the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada.

Here is some of the reaction:

"I was given a second chance in life. And I would like to think that I have made good on that opportunity. And you can do the same." — Manitoba's incoming premier and NDP Leader Wab Kinew

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Heather Stefanson says she is stepping down as leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party after the NDP won the provincial election.

Stefanson replaced former premier Brian Pallister as leader of the Conservative Party, and became the first woman premier in Manitoba's history.

She was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a 2000 by-election, replacing former Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon in the south Winnipeg riding of Tuxedo.

The first First Nations premier of a province in Canada has been elected in Manitoba, with the New Democrats under Leader Wab Kinew taking seats in the key battleground of Winnipeg.

The provincial capital holds 32 of the 57 legislature seats and the NDP flipped seats that had been held by Progressive Conservative cabinet members.

Kinew's late father was not allowed to vote as a young man under Canadian law at the time. Kinew was re-elected as the legislature member for Fort Rouge in Winnipeg.