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Kym Porter has been carrying a naloxone kit in her purse since her son died of an overdose more than six years ago. Porter, a retired school teacher in Medicine Hat, Alta.

OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May's husband says she is home after spending a few days in hospital for overwork, fatigue and stress.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

HERSCHEL ISLAND, YUKON — Surrounded by chirping birds, buzzing mosquitoes and waves gently lapping on the shore, viewers travel through time, witnessing a permafrost thaw slump, rising floodwaters and shrubs take over Qikiqtaruk or Herschel Island.

OTTAWA — The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison.

KITIMAT, B.C. — Employees at a lodge housing workers for LNG Canada's gas facility in Kitimat, B.C., have authorized strike action, potentially disrupting construction of the massive project.

VANCOUVER — Maritime employers says the impact of the B.C. port strike is spilling over internationally, as U.S. port workers refuse to handle containers rerouted from Vancouver to Seattle.

VANCOUVER — Volatility in the supply and price of natural gas worldwide since Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows the value of the LNG Canada project as a source of "affordable, reliable" and "responsibly produced" liquefied natural gas, the project's

WINNIPEG — Dozens of protesters continued to block a Winnipeg landfill after a city-imposed deadline Monday, and promised to continue protests until officials search for the remains of slain Indigenous women. "We're fighting for a cause.

WINNIPEG — Canada's premiers kicked off their annual three-day conference Monday by meeting with Indigenous leaders on issues including housing, child welfare and reconciliation.