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EMERSON, Man. — Officials in the Manitoba border town of Emerson say some residents are starting to get a little annoyed with how asylum-seekers are behaving when they arrive in the community.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Dmitry Sokolov had his 48th of the season and Reagan O'Grady scored the winner just over five minutes later as the Sudbury Wolves downed the Mississauga Steelheads 4-2 on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League play.

OTTAWA — The international day for the elimination of racial discrimination was marked Tuesday on Parliament Hill by profane protests and acrimonious debate over a motion calling on federal politicians to condemn Islamophobia.

TORONTO — Two Ontario cabinet ministers were in New York state to urge legislators to exempt Canada from a Buy American policy it plans to introduce, warning that it could lead to trouble on both sides of the border.

BURNABY, B.C. — A young man who was stabbing himself in the stomach at a grocery store in Surrey, B.C.

VICTORIA — An El Salvadoran man who spent two years in a British Columbia church to avoid deportation over alleged terrorism links is fighting the federal government in court even though he was granted a special order to stay in Canada.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is expected to extend Canada's mission in Iraq in the coming days as it waits for the battle of Mosul to end. The current mission, launched last year, saw the government withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the U.S.

OTTAWA — The European Union's trade chief says she appreciates having Justin Trudeau and his international brand on her side in the fight against the forces of anti-trade populism.

TORONTO — Sebastian Giovinco was back at training with Toronto FC on Tuesday, seemingly as good as new.

TORONTO — The regulators of Canada's stock markets are taking a fresh look at how publicly traded companies disclose the risks and financial effects associated with climate change.