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OTTAWA — An Ottawa hair stylist whose scissors tended to the tresses of some of the country's biggest political players has died. Rinaldo Canonico died Wednesday after undergoing heart surgery at an Ottawa hospital.

TORONTO — Winnipeg writer Katherena Vermette has added to her growing list of accolades with top honours from the Amazon.ca First Novel Award.

VANCOUVER — This year's 4-20 marijuana day of protest in Vancouver cost the city more than $245,000. The city says estimates 40,000 people were at Sunset Beach Park and the Vancouver Art Gallery during the April 20 protest.

HALIFAX — A blood expert testifying at the murder trial of a Halifax university student says he spotted 44 spatter stains on a gun recovered from the man's apartment in 2015. Sgt.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Windsor Spitfires coach Rocky Thompson isn't asking his team to play a perfect game at the Memorial Cup. It hasn't been needed with Michael DiPietro in net.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A 33-year-old man is dead after a shooting on a residential street in Brampton late Thursday night. It happened at about 10:30 p.m. on Desert Sand Drive near Sandalwood Parkway and Bramalea Road.

Seven stories in the news for Friday, May 26 ——— CONSERVATIVES SET TO ELECT A NEW LEADER The Conservative leadership race hits the finish line this weekend with the results of the vote expected Saturday night.

PITTSBURGH — Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby took a moment to arrange themselves in the correct order before they picked up the Prince of Wales Trophy together.

BRUSSELS — Canada's deeply entrenched role in the fight against global extremism is more focused these days on intelligence-gathering — and sharing — than on putting more boots on the ground in the Middle East, Justin Trudeau suggested Thursday.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg mail carrier who discovered an unresponsive woman says he was asked to perform CPR despite expressing concerns about white powder on her shirt.