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IQALUIT, Nunavut — The creation of the northern territory of Nunavut on April 1, 1999, is celebrated in the latest stamp to mark Canada's 150th birthday.

TORONTO — It will be of small comfort to the Vancouver Whitecaps but MLS has fined and suspended D.C. United forward Jose Ortiz one game for simulation/embellishment.

TORONTO — Jeffrey Orridge has some friendly advice for his successor: Stay the course. Orridge will step down as CFL commissioner June 30 after just over two years on the job.

OTTAWA — Canada's top soldier accepted an internal report Tuesday that condemned the military for failing a former master corporal whose case spawned a crackdown on sexual misconduct in the military.

WINNIPEG — Internet and mobile providers must invest in infrastructure to keep up with a booming consumer appetite for entertainment both at home and on the go, Bell Canada Enterprises CEO George Cope said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau was tugged between dual loyalties spanning the Atlantic Ocean as he committed Tuesday to working with the United States and Europe for the economic good of all Canadians.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, May 30 ——— TRUDEAU STANDS BY KINDER MORGAN IN B.C.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing by the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, even as the New Democrats and Greens in B.C. are teaming up to fight it.

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange was dragged lower Tuesday as oil prices retreated and energy firm Kinder Morgan Canada made a lacklustre public debut. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 49.56 points to 15,372.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays reinstated left-hander J.A. Happ from the disabled list Tuesday and optioned reliever Dominic Leone to triple-A Buffalo. Happ spent six weeks on the DL due to a left elbow injury.

HALIFAX — Police are investigating racist graffiti found scrawled on election signs in a suburban Halifax riding.