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OTTAWA — Opposition parties and international legal experts are calling on Ottawa to say what it plans to do about three UN drug treaties that pose a conundrum for the Liberal government and its plans to legalize cannabis by the summer of 2018.

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the NDP would welcome anyone who feels like they wouldn't have a political home in the United Conservative Party.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Marilyn Harding cries as she talks about her late husband and his death from pancreatic cancer five years after retiring from a three-decade career at the General Electric factory in her hometown.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is staying mum after a former staffer says the Liberals turned their back on her when she was assaulted by another party staffer — her partner.

WINNIPEG — The president of the Ghanian Union of Manitoba says a 57-year-old woman who died last week south of the border at Emerson, Man., was trying to get to Toronto to visit her only child, a daughter who had given birth five weeks ago.

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — The Atlantic Salmon Federation is urging Ottawa to take a more "aggressive" approach with Greenland — where salmon migrate from Canada and are harvested — as returns continue to decline.

OTTAWA — Homegrown entertainers from the worlds of stage and screen will converge in Ottawa over the Canada Day weekend for star-studded festivities celebrating the country's 150th birthday.

QUEBEC — In the end, Donald Trump's presidency has lasted longer than Loto-Quebec's plan to accept bets on its outcome. Just one day after inviting players to make wagers on whether Trump would still be U.S.

WINNIPEG — The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has some advice for boys who are asked to send a nude photo to someone — send a meme of a naked mole rat instead.

TORONTO — Police in Toronto say a 23-year-old man faces numerous charges after a violent home invasion and robbery in the city's central area.