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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney meeting with cabinet committee in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended his election campaign yet again to deal with the fallout of U.S.

OTTAWA — A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings — not only on foreign interference but also violent extremism and overseas conflicts.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests 60 per cent of Canadians say they will personally feel the effects of U.S. tariffs — and most believe Canada should fight back.

A national legal group has cancelled a dinner after it disinvited a Syrian refugee who became a celebrated Nova Scotia entrepreneur.

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Thursday he would pass tougher laws to stop people from being harassed at their places of worship, part of a suite of crime and justice measures he unveiled at a campaign stop in southern Ontario.

SURREY — Federal police in British Columbia dismantled three drug labs last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Langley, and one of two suspects arrested has an advanced degree in organic chemistry, the RCMP says.

MONTREAL — Quebec doesn't have the capacity to take in more immigrants, Premier François Legault said Thursday amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province's border with the United States.

Canada's former top trade negotiator said Thursday that if nations around the world co-ordinate their responses to Donald Trump's global trade war, the U.S. president would be more likely to back away from tariffs sooner.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says one of his legislature members made "very, very inappropriate comments" by calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist, as a national organization representing Sikhs demands more accountability.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents.