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The federal government posted a $6.5 billion deficit in the first two months of the fiscal year. The result for the April-to-May period compared with a $3.8 billion deficit for the same stretch last year.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Three miners rescued from B.C.

OTTAWA — A Montreal-based organization promoting democracy and digital rights is using a billboard in New York's iconic Times Square to urge Americans to resist cuts to U.S. foreign aid.

Natural air is flowing to the area where three contractors are trapped in a northern British Columbia mine, the operator's safety chief said, adding that there appears to be a stable rescue route to them behind the massive rockfall that cut them off.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday accused the Israeli government of failing to prevent a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and of violating international law by denying aid.

LONDON — The high-profile sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team ended Thursday with their acquittals, hailed by the defence as vindication after years of unjustified public condemnation and decried as "devas

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada's new Arctic ambassador will play a key role in preserving sovereignty in the region as the military closely watches the movements of a Chinese icebreaker.

LONDON — An Ontario judge has delivered her ruling in the sexual assault trial for five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

MAPLE RIDGE — Bruce Fairweather was in bed Wednesday night when he says his wife heard what sounded like gunshots. He went outside his home in Maple Ridge, B.C., and saw two vehicles on fire.

VANCOUVER — Two forensic psychiatrists have concluded their testimony at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial.