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SAGUENAY, Que. — The Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin nearly 24 years ago now admits to causing her death, a Crown prosecutor said Wednesday.

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KELOWNA, B.C. — This season will likely be the most challenging cherry growers have ever experienced in British Columbia, a farmer and industry leader says, after a widespread cold snap damaged trees and buds last month.

Many know Pam Grier blazed a trail for female action heroes, but not everyone knows about her affinity for Canadian hip-hop. “I love Moka Only,” the 73-year-old film icon says on a video call from Santa Fe, N.M.

TORONTO — Nearly two years after his shooting death, a new single by Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala has debuted at No. 9 on the latest Billboard Canada Hot 100 chart.

MONTREAL — The last psychiatrist to speak to a mentally ill Quebec man before he fatally stabbed a provincial police sergeant last March had a particularly difficult phone call with him days before the killing, a coroner's inquest heard Wednesday.

CANMORE, Alta. — A First Nations community in Alberta has added its voice to a call for a provincial environmental assessment on two major property development projects in a neighbouring mountain town.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,889.40, up 304.43 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down $1.23, or 2.65 per cent, to $45.14 on 16.8 million shares.

TORONTO — Organizers of a pro-Palestinian demonstration that passed by a Toronto hospital earlier this week accused the prime minister and the city's mayor on Wednesday of spreading misinformation and being unfair to peaceful protesters.

TORONTO — The NHL Players' Association says it has filed an appeal of Morgan Rielly's five-game suspension for cross-checking.