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SIDNEY, B.C. — An unusual story of adoption and survival is unfolding in a bald eagle's nest in Sidney on Vancouver Island. An eagle is raising several of its own young but has also hatched an egg left by a red hawk and is feeding and caring for it.

TORONTO — A Toronto couple is facing charges after allegedly defrauding a provincial ministry of more than $86,000.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal filed by outspoken political commentator Ezra Levant over a 2014 libel judgment against him. Levant was found to have libelled Khurrum Awan in nine posts to his online blog.

OTTAWA — The stocks held in your portfolio may get all the attention when looking at the performance of your investments, but advisers say finding the right mix in your fixed-income holdings is also important.

GUELPH, Ont. — Police say a 39-year-old man from Guelph, Ont., bit off more than he could chew when he allegedly feigned illness to get out of paying restaurant bills.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government committed Wednesday to spend $62 billion more over the next two decades for a major expansion of the Canadian Armed Forces, aimed at ensuring it can properly defend the country in an increasingly unstable world.

HALIFAX — Police in Halifax say the death of a young woman found dying on a park path has been ruled a homicide.

Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 8 ——— TRUDEAU VISITING QUEBEC TOWN HOSTING NEXT G7 SUMMIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Quebec today visiting the town where the G7 summit is to be held next year.

MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — A busy beaver is being blamed for some bridal blues, leaving a Saskatchewan couple in the dark on their wedding day.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Video of a luxury car riddled with bullets and smeared with blood has been shown at the trial of three men accused of murdering a gang leader in Kelowna, B.C. Former RCMP forensic officer Cora Malewski testified in B.C.