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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary has indicted a member of the country's team that negotiated the nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman said Sunday, likely an Iranian-Canadian national previously detained by authorities on suspicion of espionage.

TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business: Mining for money: The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada holds its annual convention in Toronto from Sunday until Wednesday.

TORONTO — With commodity prices on the rise, attendees at the world's largest annual gathering for the mining industry are expected to be cheerier than they were last year.

Giving indigenous people a greater say in the operation of national parks and the creation of new protected areas is on the agenda at a major conference in Alberta this week.

TORONTO — Involving community members in wind-farm planning and ensuring nearby residents benefit from turbines would go a long way toward winning local buy-in for such projects, a new Canadian study concludes.

VANCOUVER — Not all medicinal marijuana is created equal. That's what some experts are saying as they warn about the health risks and curtailed effectiveness associated with smoking medicine.

ERBIL, Iraq — The threat of political chaos looms over the imminent defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Mosul, fuelling fear of a dramatically different — and deadly — use for Canada's military support for Kurdish peshmerga forces.

TORONTO — There are three winning tickets for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. They were purchased in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec — and each is worth just over $2.3 million.

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Nick Suzuki scored his third goal of the game in overtime and added an assist as the Owen Sound Attack edged the Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday night in Ontario Hockey League action.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have a plan for every game: play a full 60 minutes. They stuck to that on Saturday night and were rewarded with a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in what many of the Senators considered a test.