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A Canadian is among three climbers missing after they'd planned to climb New Zealand's highest peak.

TORONTO — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says a new framework for negotiations that Canada Post presented over the weekend moved closer to the union's position on some issues, but that it remains far from what members could ratify.

WINNIPEG — Two years after Winnipeg police announced they would not search a landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women, their families watched as excavation of the area began.

OTTAWA — A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official has acknowledged the spy service wanted Abousfian Abdelrazik's name on Canada's no-fly list.

OTTAWA — Closing arguments began Monday in the terrorism trial of an Ottawa man, who Crown prosecutors allege contributed to the creation of neo-Nazi propaganda and recruitment videos.

Speaker Greg Fergus ruled that MPs must debate and vote on opposition motions and government spending before returning to a Conservative filibuster that has dragged on for two months.

The government says the move is aimed at clearing a backlog of almost a quarter-million refugee claims as of the end of September. More than 90,000 of those come from the private sponsorship program, according to immigration officials.

OTTAWA — Hundreds of First Nations chiefs are gathering in Ottawa for three days this week to discuss economic reconciliation, reforming the First Nations child welfare system, the policing system and the carbon price at an Assembly of First Nations'

The Canada Emergency Business Account program lent 898,000 small businesses $49.1 billion to help cover expenses such as rent and payroll during the pandemic.

MONTREAL — A prominent polling analyst says Quebec's governing party would be reduced to fewer than 10 seats in the provincial legislature if an election were held today, based on current poll numbers. Philippe J.