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OTTAWA — Mary Simon will officially become Canada's governor general later this month. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Simon, an Inuk leader and former Canadian diplomat, as his choice to be the Queen's representative in Canada last week.

OTTAWA — Green party executives have moved to withhold funding from leader Annamie Paul's campaign to win a downtown Toronto seat in a likely election later this year.

Chief Cadmus Delorme's childhood home was less than 200 metres from the Cowessess First Nation's band office. The building was a familiar place for the family. It's where patriarch Bruce Delorme worked as an elected councillor off and on until 2013.

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 July 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.

Investigators in British Columbia have zeroed in on two areas of interest for the cause of a fire that razed the village of Lytton.

KELOWNA, B.C. — The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says there were "multiple" fatalities after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says Ottawa has rejected Saskatchewan's plan for replacing the federal carbon price with one of its own, while the Liberal government is saying any proposed changes simply have to wait.

OTTAWA — A federal judge says the results of Google searches are covered by the law governing how companies handle personal information, a victory for people seeking a digital "right to be forgotten.

WINNIPEG — A group supporting multiple churches across the country in court challenges against COVID-19 public health orders has admitted to hiring a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge.