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QUÉBEC — The Quebec government is expanding its cellphone ban in schools, prohibiting students from using the devices on elementary or high school property for the entire school day.

The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely.

MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about whether it's constitutional for police to make a random traffic stop without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence.

LONDON — The sex assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team has been put on hold for a day due to juror illness.

Canada's top court has dismissed Ontario's request to weigh in on a major challenge to its climate plan brought by a group of young activists. The decision released on Thursday means the case will be revived with a new hearing in the lower courts.

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

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House "within the next week.

OTTAWA — Bruce Fanjoy says he achieved something unexpected in Monday's election — the defeat of a high-profile Conservative leader in his own riding — simply by showing up on doorsteps and paying attention to what voters in Carleton were telling him

MONTREAL — Elections Canada says it will investigate "shortcomings" that prevented some people in Nunavik from casting their vote in Monday's federal election.

VANCOUVER — People are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis becoming involved in violent incidents, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Wednesday.