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TORONTO — Some of the behind-the-scenes drama on the new TV series "Daytime Divas" is true to life, says star Vanessa Williams.

CALGARY — The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects oil production to climb 33 per cent by 2030 even as pipeline constraints and competition for investment threaten to slow future growth.

DETROIT — Efforts by the owner of the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit to block construction of a new border bridge across the Detroit River will get another court hearing. The Detroit Free Press reports the U.S.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., are warning the public about the risks of opioid use after a spate of suspected overdoses in the city over the weekend.

TORONTO — Canada's federal housing agency says the average scheduled monthly mortgage payment for new loans climbed to $1,328 in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 4.6 per cent from $1,269 a year ago.

OTTAWA — Canada's interconnected banks are vulnerable to a cascading series of cyberattacks that could undermine broad confidence in the financial system, the Bank of Canada warns.

OTTAWA — Canada's big banks defended their business practices Monday before a parliamentary committee that's been exploring allegations of questionable sales methods at major financial institutions.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he did not ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel to consider keeping all mentions of the Paris climate change accord out of the upcoming G20 leaders meeting statement to placate U.S. President Donald Trump.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The crimes of a man who stabbed his daughter to death and smothered his two sons are so brutal he should be barred from escorted outings into the community, a Crown attorney says.

VANCOUVER — Animal advocates say they have opened an investigation into "absolutely sickening" alleged animal abuse by a chicken-catching service in Chilliwack, B.C. B.C.