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TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a gain Tuesday after a new report on inflation surprised to the downside, while U.S. markets rose ahead of Wednesday's interest rate announcement. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 23.

TORONTO — The trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer in a parking garage nearly three years ago has begun, with the judge laying out the process for the jury.

HALIFAX — The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers recently seized 1.5 tonnes of a substance that initial tests indicate to be cocaine. RCMP Supt.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government on Tuesday tabled its last budget before this year's provincial election. Here are some highlights. - Budget of $13.3 billion, with 6.4 per cent increase in spending. - Surplus of $40.

TORONTO — Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck is set to be honoured at this year's Hot Docs festival with its annual outstanding achievement award.

SURREY — Seventeen new housing projects are set to add nearly 2,000 new affordable homes for renters in Metro Vancouver through British Columbia's community housing fund. Premier David Eby made the announcement at a construction site in Surrey, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ

MIES, Switzerland — The groups have been set for the men's and women's basketball tournaments at the Paris Olympics this summer.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia doctors are facing extreme burnout amid a labour shortage that risks worsening with a looming wave of retirements, says the former head of the association representing physicians in the province. Dr.

CALGARY — Rick Nash will lead Canada at the men's world hockey championship. The former NHLer and two-time Olympic gold medallist was named general manager Tuesday by Hockey Canada for the tournament set to run May 10 to 26 in Czechia.

MONTREAL — The world’s best figure skaters descend on Montreal this week for the 2024 International Skating Union world championships. The competition goes Wednesday through Saturday at the Bell Centre, home of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.