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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians evacuated from Sudan told her they "went through hell," and she says Ottawa will do everything possible to help the country find peace.

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OTTAWA — Atlantic fishers are feeling the pinch as Japan brings in cheap Russian product rather than Canadian snow crabs, with federal ministers and provincial premiers saying they are raising the issue with Japanese officials.

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TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk musician whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at 84.

BURNABY, B.C. — The jury in the British Columbia coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray after a beating by Vancouver police nearly eight years ago is recommending the department expedite its use of body-worn cameras for all patrol officers.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign air travellers and at the Canada-U.S. border are being lifted as of May 12. The day before, May 11, will mark the end of the COVID-19 emergency the U.S.

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at age 84.

BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, Que. — Provincial police have confirmed that two people swept away by the current on the flooded Rivière du Gouffre in Quebec's Charlevoix region, where up to 60 millimetres of rain fell within a 24-hour period, are firefighters.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.