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MONTREAL — Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week — for the second time in six months.

In the race to mitigate the damage from future fires, stewards of Alberta's parks have turned to loggers to create fire guards designed to starve a fire of fuel and create enough empty land for embers to fizzle out on the ground.

MONTREAL — Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrétien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone.

OTTAWA — Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project.

NAKUSP — Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that's been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they're preparing to stay longer. Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C.

TORONTO — An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver.

ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine in his first meeting with the country's president on Saturday in Rome.

ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday the Liberal government will present a federal budget in the fall, allowing time for clarity on some key economic and fiscal issues to emerge.

LAC DU BONNET — Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet as crews continue to battle wildfires in eastern Manitoba.

NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of a baby elephant has been certified as the world's largest during an event in the British Columbia city that bears the sweet treat's name.