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OTTAWA — The daughter of a missing Chinese human rights defender is appealing to the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to reveal her father's whereabouts and allow him to travel to Canada.

The Transportation Safety Board says a small plane that crashed in northern Ontario with two fugitives on board was overweight and the pilot was not qualified to fly at night.

LAVAL, Que. — A Quebec father accused of killing his two children last month in the family home north of Montreal has been deemed fit to stand trial.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — One of the final steps in a 15-year-long process to formally guide how, where and when land and water can be used in Nunavut is underway, with the last in a series of public hearings beginning in Iqaluit earlier this week.

MONTREAL — French activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot is condemning a Montreal suburb's controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park. Bardot published a letter on her foundation's website Tuesday asking Longueuil, Que.

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is missing today's Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness.

BANGKOK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tour of Southeast Asia includes a brief stop in Bangkok, which is a visit aimed at showing Canada is serious about forming deeper ties with the region.

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RIGA, Latvia — The Canadian officer commanding a NATO battle group in Latvia says Russian forces would be routed if they dared launch an attack against Canadian troops and their allies stationed in the Baltic country on Russia's western border.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — For generations, Cory Munden's family has been building and living on the same piece of oceanside land in the southwestern Newfoundland town of Port aux Basques.