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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump showed little signs of backing down on his plans to tariff the world Thursday — even as members of his administration continued to claim the duties will lead to the negotiation of new trade deals.

TORONTO — An Ontario court has committed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach to stand trial on two charges related to two complainants as part of his Toronto sexual assault case.

RICHMOND — The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports says traffic flow at Vancouver International Airport has resumed normal operations in time for Easter weekend travel.

A municipal politician from a small town in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula is facing sex-related charges.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has made a move it hopes will lower the price of gas in the province — but observers say consumers are unlikely to benefit at the pump.

HALIFAX — The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife.

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night. Dealing with U.S.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C.

RICHMOND — The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports is warning travellers at Vancouver's airport of flight delays over what it says are "resource constraints.