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OTTAWA — Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country’s oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic stability.

MONTREAL — Montreal public health officials are calling for better access to tuberculosis care after a sharp rise in the number of cases reported last year.

HANTSPORT — Nova Scotia RCMP were searching for a possible impaired driver in a vehicle that was involved hours later in a highway collision that killed five people over the weekend, police confirmed Monday. RCMP Cpl.

TORONTO — The Liberals inched another seat closer to a majority government on Saturday, after a judicial recount left their candidate as the winner in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, by a margin of just one vote.

NEWCOMB — Authorities in northeastern New York state say the body of a 22-year-old Quebec hiker reported missing last fall has been found in the Adirondacks.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

QUÉBEC — Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says it is sending reinforcements to Ontario and Saskatchewan to help teams fight several forest and brush fires. Two CL-415 firefighting aircraft and their crews will head to Dryden, Ont.

British Columbia's energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver's Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations.

MONTREAL — As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with interest — and a healthy dose of skepticism.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action suit brought on behalf of racialized people who were stopped while behind the wheel by police without reason to suspect an offence.