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KITCHENER, Ont. — The federal government says it will spend more than $2 billion to build 17,000 homes, including thousands of affordable units. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday in Kitchener, Ont.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it is investigating an incident last Friday in which Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was subjected to a profane tirade in Grande Prairie, Alta.

OTTAWA — Two of the main "Freedom Convoy" organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are expected to go on trial in September 2023 for charges related to the massive protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa earlier this year.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 30... What we are watching in Canada...

FREDERICTON — Pete the peacock flew the coop on his first night in Kingsbrae Garden, on the southern shores of New Brunswick. That was about two months ago — and it's been a wild goose chase ever since.

MONTREAL — With the Coalition Avenir Québec party dominating the polls at the start of the provincial election campaign, the most pressing question of the race may not be who wins, but who comes in second.

VANCOUVER — An Alaska-bound cruise ship set sail from Vancouver Monday after an almost daylong delay because of a tugboat strike sparked a flood of complaints from stranded passengers. The Celebrity Eclipse had been scheduled to depart at 4 p.m.

OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice of the challenge today under the U.S.

BARRIÈRE, B.C. — The mayor of a small community in British Columbia's southern Interior is calling for flexibility around which first responders are allowed to take patients to hospital after an infant reportedly died while waiting for an ambulance.

WASHINGTON — For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States in an effort to prevent a federal court from shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.