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TORONTO — A new study suggests the use of road salt is posing a rising threat to freshwater lakes in parts of North America, including Ontario.

LONDON, Ont. — A team of Western University investigators is helping Environment Canada determine whether it was a small tornado that ripped the roof off a barn northeast of London, Ont.

VANCOUVER — An international group of marine scientists wants the Canadian government to take steps to cut underwater noise in the Salish Sea off the southern coast of British Columbia. The scientists, including five from B.C.

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops battling militants in a central province have killed a key Abu Sayyaf commander who had been blamed for the beheadings of two Canadian hostages in 2016. The Philippines military chief of staff Gen.

OTTAWA — Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, in the country's Swat Valley. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was an anti-Taliban activist and Malala attended a school that he founded.

WATERLOO, Ont. — BlackBerry Ltd. says it has been awarded $814.9 million in a binding interim arbitration decision in a dispute with Qualcomm Inc. over royalty overpayments.

OTTAWA — The prepared text of Malala Yousafzai's speech Wednesday to MPs, senators and dignitaries during a joint session of Parliament: ____ Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent. Good afternoon.

TORONTO — Shaw Communications Inc. added more wireless subscribers and lost fewer TV, Internet and landline customers than expected in its most recent quarter, sending its shares higher. Shaw (TSX:SJR.B) shares rose 4.63 per cent to $28.

LONDON, Ont. — Police are warning merchants and the public that counterfeit $50 and $100 Canadian bills are being circulated in London, Ont.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — A 53-year-old man is facing a murder charge in the fatal shooting last month of a 56-year-old woman in Oakville, Ont. Halton regional police say the body of Angela Skorulski was found in her condominium on March 8.