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MONTREAL — Bombardier is steeling itself for scrutiny at the International Paris Air Show next week about its disputes with Brazil and rival aircraft manufacturer Boeing over its signature CSeries passenger jets.

HAMILTON — Three people lost their lives in a fire that tore through a home in Hamilton early Thursday. The flames broke out shortly after midnight and when firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke pouring from the house, fire officials said.

OTTAWA — Gord Downie and indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle will be appointed to the Order of Canada on Monday, while Downie's Tragically Hip bandmates will also receive one of the country's highest civilian honours at a later date.

OTTAWA — An Inuit women's organization is getting nearly $900,000 in federal funding for a three-year project designed to engage men and boys to help reduce violence against women and girls.

TORONTO — The widow of a Toronto police officer killed in a rampage six years ago is outraged the man deemed not criminally responsible for her husband's death has been living in the community since April.

HALIFAX — Construction workers in Halifax created a stir on social media when they uncovered a piece of infrastructure dating back to the 1800s, stoking speculation they had finally found a fabled underground tunnel network.

HALIFAX — The list of ministers named to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil's 17-member cabinet: Stephen McNeil — premier, minister of intergovernmental affairs, aboriginal affairs, regulatory affairs and service effectiveness, military relations, yo

OTTAWA — Home sales across the country dropped sharply last month, driven by a plunge in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) after the Ontario government imposed a tax on foreign buyers aimed at cooling the red-hot market.

Award-winning Canadian playwright, actor and educator Kevin Loring has been named the first-ever artistic director of indigenous theatre at the National Arts Centre.

TORONTO — Elder abuse expert Lynn McDonald routinely fields calls concerning financial exploitation, but none more dramatic than a recent incident involving a woman in Saskatchewan who was nearly bankrupted by one of her own adult children as she und