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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A 25-year-old Ontario woman has died while kayaking alone in Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Lake Louise RCMP and Parks Canada say they got a report Monday night about an overdue kayaker on the Bow River.

TORONTO — Approval of a settlement in a class action by sexually harassed Mounties is expected Wednesday, paving the way for tens of millions of dollars to start flowing to the women.

Toronto police say an Uber driver is facing charges after a woman was allegedly kidnapped. They say an 18-year-old woman ordered an Uber ride on Sunday afternoon and was picked up as arranged by a man.

OTTAWA — A new study from Statistics Canada says that Canadian children have, on average, fared better financially than their parents.

The leaders of Nova Scotia's three main political parties pitched their ideas Tuesday on how to clear Halifax's congested traffic and revive the capital's cultural life.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One of Canada's last bastions of local seven-digit dialing will soon be no more. People in Newfoundland and Labrador were told Tuesday that local 10-digit dialing — including the area code and the phone number — will begin on Aug.

TORONTO — Protection for a journalist's sources currently exists in legal void that needs filling given the importance of media to our democracy, a new application to the Supreme Court of Canada states.

LOGY BAY, N.L. — Residents of a picturesque seaside town are hoping Mother Nature will take back a rotting, putrid whale deposited on their shore.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police say a man reportedly abducted at gunpoint during a violent home invasion in Oshawa, Ont., has been located "safe and sound." Investigators released no other details.

MONCTON, N.B. — Obtaining carbine rifles was a top priority for the RCMP three years before a shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B.