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OTTAWA — Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year — but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those deficits will narrow in the coming years.

BURNABY — Former British Columbia legislator Katrina Chen sits on a couch in her Burnaby home, reading aloud from the children's book she's co-written. "'Maybe,' Mommy tells me, 'It's time for a stronger house. We leave everything behind. And we go.

City council in Nanaimo, B.C., has voted to defer a motion on asking the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site next to city hall. The vote to defer Coun.

OTTAWA — While Canada is not joining France in recognizing a Palestinian state, it is funding the Palestinian Authority's preparations to lead a globally recognized country that includes Gaza and the West Bank.

CAMROSE — Elections Canada says voters in the upcoming Battle River-Crowfoot byelection will be required to write out the name of their preferred candidate given the unusually high number of people running and past challenges with long ballots.

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby has called for the federal government to float more money for ferry users in British Columbia, adding that equal funding "is the answer," after Ottawa cut ferry rates in Atlantic Canada.

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that Canada's negotiations with the United States are in an "intense phase" after President Donald Trump achieved a critical agreement with the European Union days away from his tariff deadline.

MONTREAL — Sean Feucht, a Christian singer and rising star in the MAGA movement, has been censored and mistreated during his Eastern Canadian tour, say civil liberties experts and a religious group.

OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could create inequality across the country.

QUÉBEC — A Quebec court judge will decide Thursday whether to grant bail to three men facing terrorism charges in the Quebec City region. Judge René de la Sablonnière heard final arguments Monday from Crown and defence attorneys.