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OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers presented new offers to Canada Post on Wednesday seeking higher wages while allowing for the addition of weekend delivery and part-time workers to the postal service.

Airport shuttle driver Sean Carter has lived in the remote northern British Columbia community of Bella Bella for almost nine years and says the small coastal village occasionally gets a celebrity visit.

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said he is "hopeful" that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will find solutions and defuse rising tension over a forestry bill that has sparked blockades and confrontations between Indigenous protesters and industry workers.

OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is keeping a strong poker face after paying a high-profile visit to the Swedish firm competing with the U.S. maker of the F-35 stealth fighter jet.

OTTAWA — Canada is defending its steel tariffs against China after Beijing lodged a complaint last week at the World Trade Organization.

The U.S. State Department also took action against ICC officials from France, Fiji and Senegal linked to the tribunal's investigation into Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

MONTREAL — Police in Montreal's northern suburb are investigating after a man in his 40s was found dead on the roof of a hospital on Tuesday. Sgt. Laurent Arsenault with police in Laval, Que.

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"A proper publication ban — one that can withstand Charter scrutiny — is done with a scalpel and not a hatchet," lawyer Daniel Coles told the court.