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VANCOUVER — British Columbia's New Democrats are expected to use this week's throne speech to broadly outline how they intend to follow through on their key election promise to get big money out of politics.

Leaders in the labour movement say things are looking better this Labour Day than they did a decade ago, despite a shifting economic landscape that includes increased automation and ongoing trade disputes.

OTTAWA — Robbie Yochim returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown just before halftime as the McMaster Marauders opened their U Sports football season with a 23-9 victory over the Carleton Ravens on Sunday.

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — Austin Cindic spun out leader Kaz Grala on the final lap and went on to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck race Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Dozens of people living in southern British Columbia have been forced to leave their homes as winds fan a wildfire nearby.

OTTAWA — Attack mode, says the Conservative Party's new foreign affairs critic, will not be the opposition's first instinct when dealing with the Liberal government's renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

FALMOUTH, N.S. — Members of a Nova Scotia family awoke to the sounds of what they believed to be an intruder early Sunday morning, police said — but it turned out the threat was coming from underneath their home.

TORONTO — Police say union protesters who blocked traffic access to two of the busiest terminals at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Sunday afternoon left peacefully in the evening. Cst.

Calgary Transit says one of its peace officers was hospitalized after possibly being exposed to drugs during an incident in a light rail station.

MONTREAL — A Toronto-area imam is warning of the dangers of what he calls "fake news" after his photo was used in an article that was widely circulated online.