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MONTREAL — The Conference Board of Canada says U.S. softwood lumber duties will cut $700 million from Canadian exports over two years and result in the reduction of 2,200 jobs.

TORONTO — Another star-packed awards show is on the horizon — the Tonys, set for June 11 — promising shiny new statuettes for the winners.

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 31 ——— NS LIBERALS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT MAJORITY Nova Scotians have elected Stephen McNeil's Liberals to a second straight majority government, but only by the slimmest of margins.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man has lost his historic bid to become the first Mi'kmaq elected to the provincial legislature. NDP candidate Trevor Sanipass came in a strong third in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank.

HALIFAX — After a long night of hard-fought election battles, Nova Scotia's Liberal government won a second straight majority victory early Wednesday, marking the first time the province has seen back-to-back majorities since 1988.

HALIFAX — Before he led Nova Scotia, he carried a toolbox. But re-elected Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil, 52, comes from a family that does things in a big way, so 14 years ago he left his job running an appliance repair shop to enter politics.

TORONTO — Kendrys Morales just missed getting in on the Blue Jays' home run fun in the fourth inning. He made sure the ball got over the fence when he stepped up to the plate in the eighth.

NOYES, Minn. — It was just a matter of time until an aslyum seeker died trying to illegally cross the border into Canada, the reeve of Emerson, Man., said Tuesday.

Provincial police are investigating after a deadly collision on a highway in Chatsworth Township.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrats and Greens signed a four-year political manifesto Tuesday with a long list of ambitions to run the province, including a new voting system and a ban on corporate and union donations.