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Canada preparing to deliver aid shipments for Texas hurricane victims

OTTAWA — The federal government and the governments of Ontario and Quebec are readying relief supplies, including baby formula and cribs, for victims of hurricane Harvey.

Ontario relaxes rules on supports for people with disabilities

TORONTO — Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage.
Ontario man protests in underwear outside court over seizure of pot, bong

Ontario man protests in underwear outside court over seizure of pot, bong

A man from southern Ontario is resorting to some partial nudity to get his bong and medical marijuana back from local police.

Taxpayer deal saves Cape Breton rail line for at least one more year

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has bought a further one-year reprieve for a money-losing section of railway in Cape Breton, paying $720,000 in a deal that will help keep the tracks from being ripped up by the line's U.S.-based owner.
Gasoline prices expected to continue to rise over Labour Day long weekend

Gasoline prices expected to continue to rise over Labour Day long weekend

CALGARY — Average Canadian gasoline prices are set to soar this weekend after already jumping nearly 10 cents per litre since Hurricane Harvey roared ashore in Texas a week ago.

Man in hospital in serious condition after Toronto shooting

Toronto paramedics say a man was rushed to hospital with serious gunshot wounds after a shooting Friday afternoon. Dave Viljak of the Toronto Paramedic Services says a caller reported the shooting just after 2 p.m.

Ontario relaxes rules on supports for people with disabilities

TORONTO — Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage.

Canadian troops in Latvia prepare for massive Russian military exercise

OTTAWA — Canadian troops in Latvia will have front-row seats to a massive Russian military exercise this month that has set NATO on edge and sparked calls for calm across eastern Europe. Scheduled to start Sept.

N.B. man fined after Ecuadorean woman caught crossing U.S. border on paddle boat

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — A New Brunswick man has admitted conspiring to smuggle a 46-year-old Ecuadorean woman into the U.S. on a paddle boat.
Coach Octavio Zambrano says Canada has more in the tank and wants to show it

Coach Octavio Zambrano says Canada has more in the tank and wants to show it

TORONTO — After time in the soccer doldrums, Canada turned heads with its confident, even adventurous play at this summer's Gold Cup.
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