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SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators in Surrey, B.C., said the killers of a Sikh temple leader likely escaped in a vehicle that had been waiting for at least an hour a few blocks away from the crime scene. Sgt.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The small submersible missing in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean has not been subject to industry-standard tests and scrutiny, according to two subsea engineers who flagged concerns about the vessel in 2018.

Bakery giant Canada Bread Co. has been fined $50 million after pleading guilty to its role in a criminal price-fixing scheme that inflated the price of bread in Canada for years.

OTTAWA — The federal government released its action plan on Wednesday to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

OTTAWA — The bad blood over superstar Taylor Swift snubbing Canada on her latest tour has reached the House of Commons.

Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Doug Westhouse sits straight behind the wheel of a 12-passenger bus driving along a rural Manitoba highway waiting for the next call for a ride. The co-ordinator and driver for Grand Plains Handivan in Grandview, Man.

WASHINGTON — Three years is more than enough time for Line 5 to suffer a catastrophic rupture and far too long to make an Indigenous band in Wisconsin wait for the controversial cross-border pipeline to be rerouted, the band's lawyers say.

HALIFAX — As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continued about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward Wednesday to say the Canadian government's focus is on saving lives, not on the

MONTREAL — Police said Wednesday they arrested 45 people and seized 440 weapons in simultaneous raids across eight provinces, targeting manufacturers of 3D-printed or "ghost" guns, which are increasingly showing up at crime scenes in Canada.