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OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada saysit made a mistake in failing to give notice of a fundraiser held by disqualified leadership contestant Patrick Brown.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's highest court says it had no choice but to reduce the sentence of Justin Bourque, the man who used a semi-automatic rifle to murder three Mounties in Moncton in 2014.

INVERMERE, B.C. — The president of a heli-skiing operation says he and his staff are heartbroken after an avalanche killed three people and injured four others in southeastern British Columbia.

OTTAWA — The level of caution Canadian institutions must now take when dealing with China was not top of mind when the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation accepted a pledge from a Chinese billionaire, says the former head of the charitable organization

MONTREAL — The Montreal university that was promised an $800,000 donation as part of an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Justin Trudeau said the pledge came at a different time in Canada-China relations.

A northern Alberta Indigenous leader has accused Imperial Oil Ltd. of a nine-month coverup over a massive release of toxic oilsands tailings on land near where his band harvests food.

MONTREAL — The family of an 86-year-old woman who died in an emergency room last week near Quebec City says it's not normal that she was allegedly left to die in a hallway without food or water.

OTTAWA — Canada's last two elections were not compromised by foreign actors, the director of Canada's spy agency told a committee of MPs Thursday.

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge could determine whether oil and gas projects must be assesses for environmental impacts related to the shipping and end-use of their products, on top of those resulting from production.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man found guilty of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews is seeking leave to appeal his conviction.