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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A woman who says she's the wife of a missing University of Michigan doctoral student has asked a judge to declare him dead.

WATERTON, Alta. — Parks Canada says the wildfire in southwestern Alberta is no longer out of control and is being held. But the agency says the Kenow fire in Waterton Lakes National Park is still active and covers an estimated 380 square kilometres.

TORONTO — Prosecutors say an Ontario judge was right to exclude evidence meant to suggest a troubled teen who was gunned down by a Toronto police officer four years ago was trying to commit "suicide by cop.

TORONTO — Hamilton wide receiver Mike Jones says he doesn't know how a banned substance showed up in a doping test, costing him two games with the Tiger-Cats.

OTTAWA — A group of international scientists is meeting in the national capital to try to convince parliamentarians there is no longer any doubt that common agricultural pesticides are proving toxic to ordinary honey bees.

TORONTO — Just days after taking the stage with Margaret Atwood and "The Handmaid's Tale" team at the Emmy Awards, Canadian actress Amanda Brugel is preparing to shoot season 2 of the series, which she says explores "what happens next after the book

McMaster University in Hamilton has announced plans to make the campus smoke-free in 2018. It is not the first Canadian post-secondary institution to take such a step.

TORONTO — A proposed film remake of "Lord of the Flies" that would feature girls instead of boys has piqued Margaret Atwood's interest.

Toronto police have released graphic video of the shooting death of a man in the city's north end last week. Anthony Soares, 33, was gunned down in the lobby of an apartment building last Thursday.

Toronto running back James Wilder Jr., Calgary linebacker Alex Singleton and Ottawa receiver Diontae Spencer are the CFL's top performers for Week 13.