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ALLISTON, Ont. — Wednesday promises to be a special day for Michael Krzeminski. After catching the eye of Canada coach Octavio Zambrano while playing for the Woodbridge Strikers of League 1 Ontario, the 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

VANCOUVER — A hydroelectric venture in central Labrador should serve as a cautionary tale for British Columbia and its own ambitions to build a multibillion-dollar dam in the province's northeast, the former head of Newfoundland and Labrador's public

CALGARY — An 18-year-old Kent Hehr was playing on a rotten hockey team in Saskatchewan when his hometown of Calgary was the host city of the 1988 Winter Olympics.

OTTAWA — Despite the fact it hasn't exactly dominated headlines, the federal New Democrat leadership race helped the third-place party more than triple its membership ranks since March, numbers released Tuesday suggest.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada said Tuesday a right whale got entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula. The department announced the whale was in a "extremely difficult and worrying" situation.

TORONTO — For Scotiabank, the attraction was simple. In a country where hockey is king, having your name up in lights on the home of the Maple Leafs is where you want to be.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Wildfires burning in British Columbia's Interior are resulting in poor air quality for much of the southern half of the province. Environment Canada issued an air quality advisory for much of southern B.C.

A CIBC economics report warns that Canada's post-secondary institutions need to change their ways to begin producing enough graduates with the right skills to drive future economic growth.

OTTAWA — The estate of a Chicago photographer whose vivid street scenes have won her posthumous plaudits is asking a Canadian court to prohibit a Toronto gallery from showing or selling her work.

TORONTO — Ontario is putting an additional $222 million over three years toward fighting an opioid crisis that the government said claimed the lives of 865 people in the province last year.