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FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government says testing has revealed that a Fredericton suburb was once home to an indigenous encampment that is one of the oldest sites in northeastern North America. The site in Marysville, N.B.

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — A wandering beaver shut down part of a highway in southern Ontario on Wednesday as police worked to get the animal back to its natural habitat. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt.

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs won't have their biggest minute-eater from the regular season available to play Game 1 against the Washington Capitals, and Toronto head coach Mike Babcock is still trying to figure out what to do about it.

TORONTO — Forget making that trip to Buffalo, The Cheesecake Factory will soon be in Canada. The U.S. restaurant chain says it will be opening its first Canadian location at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre in the fall.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — The trial later this year for three ex-railway employees charged criminally in the Lac-Megantic train disaster will be heard by a bilingual jury in another town.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — St. Catharines will host the FIBA under-18 Americas boys basketball championship 2018. The seven-day tournament will be played June 11-17 at the Meridian Centre in the city's downtown.

WASHINGTON — An accidental foray into Holocaust revisionism was merely the capstone to an edifice of error erected this week by the spokesman for Donald Trump's White House.

TORONTO — William Nylander recalls being a kid, hanging around his father's NHL team, the Washington Capitals. But only faint memories remain. There were the times Nicklas Backstrom — "one of the best passers in the league" — came by for dinner.

LASALLE, Ont. — Police in southwestern Ontario say a woman is facing charges after a seizure of fentanyl powder. LaSalle, Ont., police say an Amherstburg, Ont., woman was arrested on Tuesday and officers seized 130 capsules of the deadly opioid.

TORONTO — Proposed Ontario legislation that aims to tackle the problem of unreliable elevators has garnered strong public support as well as push-back from contractors who fear they would become targets, the bill's sponsor said on Wednesday.