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TORONTO — The deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival has prompted event organizers across Canada to comb over their security practices in a bid to protect attendees and assure them festivals are safe.

EDMONTON — Seventy-year-old Tan Hoang vowed he would never return to Vietnam after fleeing the country with his family on a makeshift wooden boat.

Thursday’s decision could set the stage before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case where seven young people have challenged Ontario’s weakened climate target.

VICTORIA — The man accused of killing 11 people at a Vancouver festival was under the care of a mental health team, but there was nothing to indicate a change in his condition that warranted involuntarily hospitalization, British Columbia’s Health Mi

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Trump agree to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to meet in person in the near future.

The Canadian economy shrunk in February, but economists say bad weather was likely the larger culprit than uncertainty related to the trade war with the U.S. Statistics Canada said Wednesday that real gross domestic product decreased 0.

OTTAWA — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot in Ottawa near a downtown mall.

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.5 million people.

"My parents sacrificed everything in Colombia, their careers, their lifestyle, everything to give us a better future here in Canada," Alejandro Samper said. "It just doesn't make any sense. Canada is supposed to be a safe place."

VANCOUVER — More of the dead are being identified in the attack where an after an SUV drove down a street crowded with people at a Vancouver festival.