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OTTAWA — Heavy snow blanketed some of the views, and the ice was in rough shape, but that didn't stop skaters from gliding down the partially opened Rideau Canal Skateway on Monday.

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

TERRACE — A heli-skiing company says three people have died after one of its helicopters crashed in west-central British Columbia. Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, which is based in Terrace, B.C.

MELFORT, Sask. — The man who went on a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation wasn't on the radar of the province's specialized enforcement team ahead of the massacre.

Tourists Jorge Correa and Roger Leyton wanted to go to Vancouver Island on Monday, but with no bus to get them to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, they had to make other plans.

MONTREAL — New visas for international students will be slashed by more than one-third this year as the federal government tries to slow a rapid increase in temporary residents that has put immense pressure on Canada's housing system.

BURNABY, B.C. — A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the blaze.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man who police say remains a suspect in the high-profile disappearance and death of nine-year-old Cédrika Provencher 16 years ago is eager to clear his name, his lawyer said Monday.

OTTAWA — Canada is capping the number of study permits it approves over the next two years to get a handle on a ballooning international student program.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has been asked to explain to a federal appeals court precisely how it believes the country's 1977 pipeline treaty with Canada should impact efforts to shut down the controversial cross-border Line 5.