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CHILLIWACK — Canada's food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises to be disinfected.

MONTREAL — A three-year-old Montreal girl who was reported missing on Sunday was found alive by police in Ontario, bringing a joyful end to an intense search spanning four different days and two provinces.

RIMOUSKI — The lawyer for a Quebec man charged with killing three people with his truck told a jury Wednesday the deaths were an accident.

The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years to blow by an international target to limit global warming to 1.

OTTAWA — Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Wednesday in its annual report.

TRURO — A Nova Scotia woman who murdered her 12-year-old daughter in 2008 has been granted an unescorted pass from prison for 60 days.

OTTAWA — Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike.

OTTAWA — The average Canadian family will save $280 on their taxes next year from the Liberal government's planned income tax cut, the parliamentary budget officer said in an analysis released on Wednesday.

EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown recommended Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc.

OTTAWA — A Bloc Québécois bill to take Canada's supply management system off the table in future trade negotiations has passed swiftly through Parliament, with little opposition.