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EDMONTON — Supporters of open-pit coal mining say there's a chance new mines could be built in Alberta's Rockies after comments from the province's new premier.

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — An 82-year-old man was charged Thursday in the killing of his 90-year-old partner at a seniors residence just west of Montreal.

Montreal’s Haitian community is expressing opposition to the possibility of foreign troops being dispatched to Haiti amid civil unrest in the Caribbean country.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a law banning publication of certain proceedings in criminal matters applies before the selection of a jury.

OTTAWA — Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says Ottawa's proposed dental benefit for children under the age of 12 would cost $703 million over the next three fiscal years.

VANCOUVER — One of two candidates running for the British Columbia NDP leadership has been disqualified, clearing the way for former attorney general David Eby to become premier of the province.

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OTTAWA — Two dozen complaints about abuse and mistreatment have been filed with Canada's new sport integrity commissioner, but she cannot investigate most of them because so few national sporting bodies have agreed to work with her office.

VANCOUVER — In Vancouver's Chinatown, baker Denny Wong is so enthusiastic about mayor-elect Ken Sim that he's already thinking about 2026.

VICTORIA — David Eby will be British Columbia's next premier after the party disqualified his only competitor Anjali Appadurai over what it says was improper conduct in co-ordinating a membership drive with a third party.