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NEW YORK — The Liberal government is spending more money on women's rights abroad — an effort to showcase Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bona fides on gender equality in a country where access to abortion seems to be slipping away.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for using artificial intelligence to produce synthetic videos of child pornography.

SASKATOON — Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyer sought Thursday to pick apart a decades-old rape claim against the former president, questioning why accuser E. Jean Carroll did not scream or seek help when Trump allegedly attacked her in a department store.

VANCOUVER — As British Columbia heads into one of its first warm spells of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up to a "moderate" rating in some parts of the province.

OTTAWA — Military and foreign affairs officials said Thursday Canada expects to send additional planes to help evacuate people from Sudan in the coming days but the volatile situation on the ground is making planning difficult.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is showing no hints it will legislate public servants back to work as experts warn choosing that path to ending the dispute could come with political repercussions.

CALGARY — The wife of the Calgary police officer who died after he was dragged by a fleeing SUV told a sentencing hearing Thursday that her husband's death was no accident.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta Health Services says it's seeing a jump in whooping cough cases in the province's south. The provincial health authority says there are 146 cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in the area.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker in Montana , began over words that others in American politics have used without hesitation or consequence: saying opponents have “blood” on their hands.