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HALIFAX — A 31-year-old man is facing multiple charges after a year-long, seven-province investigation into a human trafficking ring allegedly forcing "numerous" Nova Scotia women into the sex trade across Canada.

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MONTREAL — Several American companies that rely on Canadian softwood say thousands of American jobs are at risk unless the U.S. Department of Commerce exempts them from hefty duties imposed on imported softwood lumber. The U.S.

TORONTO — Express Inc. says it's closing its 17 Canadian stores in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. The American clothing retailer says it will discontinue its Canadian operations through its subsidiary, Express Fashion Apparel Canada Inc.

TORONTO — At age 80, Ada Garrison finds herself at a new beginning. A host of new friends, activities and challenges abound since a health scare prompted her to move into a retirement home in downtown Toronto.

OTTAWA — The energy and consumer goods sectors helped Canadian exports rise to a record high in March as the country's trade deficit narrowed to $135 million, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

NEW CARLISLE, Que. — A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a Quebec woman in 1996. Real Savoie's plea was entered Wednesday at the courthouse in New Carlisle in eastern Quebec.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will soon be forced to choose between two contrasting goals it has articulated for upgrading NAFTA, a fast-approaching dilemma over which of those objectives it truly prizes: A vast deal or a fast deal.

OTTAWA — A big tax refund may feel like a windfall of found money, but it really isn't.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill says if elected his party will increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The current minimum wage is $10.85.