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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will champion gender equality and other global issues at a star-studded music festival before continuing the conversation with world leaders at the G20 summit in Germany next month.

TORONTO — What defines Canada? A new survey suggests the answers are as diverse as the country itself.

TORONTO — When Howie Mandel played a Boston doctor on the 1980s medical drama "St. Elsewhere" it wasn't the medical jargon he struggled with — it was his Canadian accent. "I can't tell you how many times they stopped filming on 'St.

FOGO ISLAND, N.L. — People in parts of Newfoundland may be growing weary of ice still clogging their waterways this late in June. But for tourism operators and local businesses the proliferation of icebergs and bergy bits has been a boon.

Five stories in the news for Monday, June 26 ——— SENTENCING HEARING TODAY FOR FORMER ONTARIO NURSE CONVICTED OF MURDER A sentencing hearing is set for today for a former Ontario nurse who murdered eight seniors in her care.

TORONTO — A new study concludes that Ontario needs to get far more creative in order to properly prepare young people for jobs of the future.

TORONTO — A tentative contract agreement has been reached averting a strike by LCBO workers that was set to begin at midnight.

TORONTO — Ricky Ray wasted no time excelling in Marc Trestman's offence. Ray threw for a career-high 506 yards and a TD as Toronto beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32-15 on Sunday.

TABER, Alta. — Organizers of a southern Alberta town's first Pride event say they'll raise a third rainbow flag after the first was stolen and the one they replaced it with was burned.

TORONTO — Thousands cheered on Toronto's annual Pride parade Sunday and waved rainbow flags, though continued debate over the exclusion of the city's police force swirled amid the colourful procession that weaved its way through the downtown core.