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MONTREAL — Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at the storied Montreal landmark.

Travel to the United States took another hit in April with booking agents saying an "elbows up" attitude over the trade war has Canadians pulling back. Canadian residents returning by automobile from the U.S.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

WASHINGTON — Ottawa's top diplomat in Washington says talks to negotiate any new deals with the United States will prioritize ending U.S President Donald Trump's ruinous tariffs on Canadian exports.

OTTAWA — Canadian Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault is among those names that will stay in cabinet on Tuesday when Prime Minister Mark Carney makes some hefty adjustments to his team, a Liberal source has confirmed to The Canadian Press

EDMONTON — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a federal review of nearly century-old natural resource transfer agreements in response to Alberta's government opening the door to a separation referendum.

A defence lawyer representing one of five hockey players on trial for sexual assault suggested Monday the complainant led his client to a bathroom to have sex and actively participated in the encounter.

OTTAWA — A prominent gun control group is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to swiftly implement Liberal election promises on firearms and avoid the foot-dragging that left many pledges under the previous government unfulfilled.

OTTAWA — Parliamentarians will be "playing games with First Nations children's lives" if they fail to quickly introduce and pass legislation to ensure access to clean drinking water, the Assembly of First Nations national chief said Monday.

ST. JOHN'S — A judicial recount got underway Monday in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead.