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PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Police say two people are charged with first-degree murder in the death of a six-year-old boy in Port Alberni, B.C., in 2018. RCMP say they arrested 28-year-old Rykel Frank and 29-year-old Mitchell Frank on Friday.

WINNIPEG — A statue of a hand that disappeared after it washed off the bank of a swollen river in Winnipeg earlier this week has been rescued, thanks to a group of canoeists and kayakers who set out Saturday to find it.

OTTAWA — Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour.

WINNIPEG — The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation.

TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards for 2022 were awarded Friday night: Here is a list of the winners. -- Arts and Entertainment: Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail. -- E.

TORONTO — The Globe and Mail was the top winner of the 2021 National Newspaper Awards, earning nearly half of the 22 prizes handed out during a virtual event Friday.

VANCOUVER — In a story that moved Thursday, May 5, The Canadian Press said Hankun Kong was one of four men killed in a small plane crash in Ontario. In fact, Hankun Hong was the name of the man killed. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on Canada's assertion that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is "non-negotiable.

TORONTO — A young woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard when she was a teenager told a Toronto court the singer turned into an unrecognizable "monster" after bringing her to his hotel room.

OTTAWA — Federal agencies are trying to get a handle on how many Canadians may be suffering from long COVID as researchers learn more about the mysterious after-effects of the virus.