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VICTORIA — British Columbia needs to build more French-only schools and increase access to French language education to support the province's Francophone community and prevent children from losing their linguistic birthright, says a Senate report.

OTTAWA — The federal government's multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy's warship fleet could cost taxpayers 2.4 times more than first expected, Ottawa's budget watchdog warned Thursday in a new report.

AMHERST, N.S. — Ten Nova Scotia schoolchildren received minor injuries when their school bus collided with an SUV en route to a field trip Thursday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index racked up a solid three-digit gain Thursday amid higher oil prices and boosts from tech firm BlackBerry Ltd. and Ski-Doo maker BRP Inc. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index advanced 120 points to 15,469.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals should overhaul the government's summer jobs program to help young people who aren't in school find work and do so at any time of the year, a new report says.

OTTAWA — A file-processing backlog at the RCMP could "significantly limit" the effectiveness of new measures to track Canadians who travel abroad to sexually abuse children, internal government notes warn. Amendments that took effect Dec.

LONDON, Ont. — The Mounties say an Ontario man is charged with allegedly trying import the deadly opioid fentanyl. They say the 56-year-old London, Ont.-area man was arrested on Thursday and charged with importing a controlled substance.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, June 1 U.S. WITHDRAWS FROM PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD: President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S.

TORONTO — Arcade Fire's new album "Everything Now" will be available on July 28 but the band has given fans something to digest in the meantime.

TORONTO — Members of a southern Ontario police force are accused of wide-ranging sexism in a proposed class action lawsuit containing allegations of gender-based bullying, violence and sexual misconduct.