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MONTREAL — A Canadian woman who is eight months pregnant and stuck in Gaza as she tries to get an exit visa says she's just trying to stay positive.

VANCOUVER — Mayors from 13 cities across Canada are calling for a national standard on the collection and sharing of data on overdose deaths along with medical treatment for addiction.

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan has been working toward this moment since last spring, when Toronto took Cleveland to six games in the Eastern Conference final in the Raptors' historic post-season run.

CALGARY — California-based Chevron Corp. is looking at selling its 20 per cent stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project in northern Alberta, according to a media report.

Quebec's public security minister says the province intends to eventually ban pit bulls on its territory.

TORONTO — Shania Twain is joining the ranks of "The Voice" as a key mentor this season. The country superstar says she'll appear later this month as an adviser to the final 12 contestants in the singing competition.

OTTAWA — It would be easier for police to make drivers blow into a breathalyzer to detect alcohol as well as test people for drugs under the government's new legal-marijuana legislation.

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau issued a pointed warning Thursday to all airlines operating in Canada: forcibly removing passengers from overbooked airplanes will not be tolerated.

TORONTO — Author Zoe Whittall says she's fielded several offers to adapt her acclaimed novel "The Best Kind of People," which deals with rape culture and sexual assault.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — British Columbia's New Democrats are promising three years of balanced budgets while also reining in auto insurance rates and BC Ferries fares if they win the provincial election.