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MONTREAL — The amount of financial assistance available for people dealing specifically with the aftermath of heavy flooding this year has been topped up, the Quebec government announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange had its biggest loss of the year as North American markets plunged amid concerns that turmoil in Washington could hinder U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-business agenda.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 17 ——— EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FROM SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS: An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must be sentenced as an adult because he alone chose t

TORONTO — Taking on rugby league's first transatlantic team involves more than boarding a plane to Toronto.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Teachers Union has formally notified the province it is going to court to challenge a law that has imposed a labour agreement on its members.

TORONTO — Workers at a medical marijuana dispensary in Toronto's east end have joined Unifor, the country's largest private-sector union.

REGINA — A clinical psychologist says a young man who killed his teenage girlfriend when he was 16 does not meet the criteria for psychopathy.

MONCTON, N.B. — No one took command during a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B.

HAMILTON — A 10-year-old girl has died after being hit by a vehicle in Hamilton. Police say the girl ran out onto the street in the community of Waterdown on Tuesday evening and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 25-year-old man.

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario wildlife rescue centre that collected donations for an extensively injured muskrat says the animal has died but some of the funds raised will pay for an autopsy for the rodent.