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VANCOUVER — A former RCMP employee says she will never forget the sound of the door being locked behind her by a now-retired inspector who is alleged to have sexually assaulted her in a washroom at their Vancouver workplace.

EDMONTON — A former information technology executive has been charged for allegedly defrauding his employer of more than $8 million.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have put together a star-studded cast to help choose new members of the public broadcaster's board of directors.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Montreal man was brought to the U.S. to face charges he smuggled handguns into Canada, including some that were hidden in the bathroom of a public library that straddles the nations' border, prosecutors said Tuesday.

CHURCHILL, Man. — The mayor of Churchill, Man., says damage to a shutdown rail line that has been a vital link for the town of 900 on Hudson Bay may not be as disastrous as first thought.

OTTAWA — If you're planning to enjoy the great outdoors this summer, there are good reasons to stock up on bug spray.

SAINT FABIEN, Que. — It is unclear whether a young whale flown from a New Brunswick river to Quebec is able to eat or has joined other belugas, a marine mammal group says.

MONTREAL — A Quebec TV network is reporting that convicted murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta will be getting married this month.

TORONTO — Authors Melanie Mah and Meaghan Strimas are the English-language winners of this year's Trillium Book Awards honouring Ontario-based writers. Mah, who was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alta.

TORONTO — Former "SCTV" star Dave Thomas says it wasn't hard to convince his old pal Rick Moranis to come out of quasi-retirement to help him reprise their alter-egos Bob and Doug McKenzie for an upcoming charity performance.