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TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards have named the finalists for its annual journalism honours and given six nominations to The Canadian Press.

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 March 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — Canada's inflation rate likely took another dip last month, but with many Canadians still struggling with the cost of living, the federal government is facing pressure to deliver more help in the upcoming budget.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said his race is behind "insinuations" in a newspaper report connecting him to election meddling by Chinese diplomats.

OTTAWA — A central government agency has found discrimination against workers within a Canadian institution specifically designed to root it out.

MAYO, YUKON — A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses and death.

EDMONTON — Officers embraced each other and wiped away tears Thursday as Edmonton's police chief relayed details of how two constables were shot and killed at an apartment complex while responding to a domestic violence call.

VANCOUVER — A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs.

One of the police officers killed in Edmonton was about to be a father for the first time and the other was called a “snow angel” for going beyond the call of duty to help people. Const. Brett Ryan, 30, and Const.

OTTAWA — Federal opposition parties continued to call for a public inquiry into foreign interference Thursday, as the NDP welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's choice of a special rapporteur.