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TORONTO — Even after years of making game-changing TV series like HBO's "The Wire" and "Treme," creators David Simon and George Pelecanos knew that as two men overseeing a show about prostitution and pornography, they could be accused of exploitation

MONTREAL — The Montreal-born Second World War hero whose efforts at Dunkirk in 1940 saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers was recognized in his hometown on Thursday. Parks Canada unveiled a plaque in honour of Cmdr.

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Following is a condensed version of the prepared text of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks Thursday to the UN General Assembly: Mr. President, fellow delegates, friends.

MONTREAL — The iconic signs "hair peace" and "bed peace" still appear in the window of the Montreal hotel room where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their famous bed-in 1969 -- only now they're window decals instead of hand-drawn posters.

PICKERING, Ont. — A man is facing more than 300 weapons-related charges after firefighters responding to a carbon monoxide alarm at a home in a community east of Toronto found something suspicious.

TORONTO — Kingsley Jones remembers taking Russia to Tbilisi to play Georgia in 2012, the first time the Russian rugby team had been there since the invasion of South Ossettia in 2008.

TORONTO — Detentions of Mexican nationals by Canadian border agents have surged dramatically this year to levels not seen in a decade, new figures obtained by The Canadian Press show.

HALIFAX — The first frantic callers to reach the RCMP were clear: something had crashed in the waters off Shag Harbour, N.S. It was around 11 p.m. on the night of Oct. 4, 1967. Most witnesses thought it was a doomed aircraft.

GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut — Tourists say the darndest things. Just ask Anna Aaluq, who's waiting on a pebbly beach to guide a group of cruise ship passengers around her hometown of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. "They ask if we still live in caribou-skin tents.

TORONTO — Police say a young child has died after being left in a car in west-end Toronto. The child was taken to hospital in critical condition after being found in the car on Thursday afternoon. Police say the child was pronounced dead in hospital.