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HALIFAX — As a Cape Breton school board grapples with multiple teen suicides, the Nova Scotia government is sending a youth mental health expert to the grief-stricken community and promising new anti-cyberbullying legislation this fall. Dr.

CHARLOTTETOWN — An 18-year-old hockey player from P.E.I. who punched a referee twice in the face, cutting his lip, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

HALIFAX — The federal government will bolster a project aimed at addressing challenges in harnessing the crushing tides of the Bay of Fundy and beyond to create renewable energy, Canada's natural resources minister said Thursday.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it is considering bringing in extra propane storage units and converting some homes to electricity to help people in isolated Churchill get through next winter.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annualized inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says.

CALGARY — Lawyers for two breweries challenged the constitutionality of Alberta's tax system on small breweries Thursday, arguing the system unfairly favours producers in the province.

TORONTO — Gerry Williams was struggling to break a cycle of homelessness, alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder on the streets of Toronto as he was handed nearly $10,000 in fines under an Ontario law that targets panhandling.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annualized inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per cent (3.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is increasing access to transition-related surgeries in the province. Health Minister Eric Hoskins says the province will offer genital transition surgery for the first time next year.

DAWSON CITY, Yukon — A mummified human toe that is the key ingredient in a strange drinking ritual in Dawson City is back where it belongs.