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WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is encouraging provinces and territories to step up reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples but stopped short of saying they should make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday

OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a "government-funded" label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear their editorial independence.

MONTREAL — As some Quebecers remained in the dark Wednesday a week after an ice storm struck the province, energy experts said the lengthy outages raised questions about the resilience of the province's electrical grid.

WASHINGTON — The abortion debate is likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court, the scene of last summer's monumental decision to effectively end federal protections for the right of a woman to choose to end her pregnancy.

OTTAWA — A delegation of senior parliamentarians from all four of Canada's main federal parties is in Taiwan this week to show support for the island as it faces the threat of a Chinese invasion.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week.

OTTAWA — Members of the public service's largest union, which represents more than 120,000 federal workers, have voted in favour of a strike mandate.

OTTAWA — More than 300 people from Afghanistan arrived in Canada on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Afghans resettled since the Taliban takeover of that country to more than 30,000, the federal government said.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they're less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addressing crime and public safety.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, April 12, 2023 ... What we are watching in Canada ...