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EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley is taking aim at Alberta's two conservative parties over online abuse of an openly gay staffer by saying leaders should either step up to fight for human rights or step aside.

WINNIPEG — There is word the Canadian Coast Guard will continue to patrol the shores of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba and Lake of the Woods in Ontario.

TORONTO — Shania Twain promises fans will hear more new music this summer, starting with her positively optimistic new single "Life's About to Get Good." The Timmins, Ont.

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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Several vigils are being held today for a young woman who disappeared more than a week ago after being spotted at a gas station in St. John's, N.L. The ceremonies are for Cortney Lake, a 24-year-old woman from Mount Pearl, N.L.

Six stories in the news for Friday, June 16 ——— PM TRUDEAU SPIKES CALL FOR BROADBAND TAX Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting the notion of a five per cent tax on broadband Internet services to help Canada's rapidly evolving news industry.

OTTAWA — Quebec-based dairy giant Agropur is recalling some of its milk products distributed in British Columbia due to what the federal health agency calls "harmful extraneous material.

TORONTO — Canada had to settle for sixth place at the men's under-23 world wheelchair basketball championship after a 76-68 loss to Germany on Thursday.

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — A psychiatrist says that a teenager who gunned down four people in northern Saskatchewan has symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and flashbacks which have led to suicidal thoughts. Dr.

OTTAWA — A new report says a senior federal Fisheries Department manager waited seven months to warn fishery officers in the Maritimes of a serious noise hazard aboard department vessels that could cause hearing loss.