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Canada's new landmark deal with China over electric vehicles is drawing both praise and criticism.Canada's Prime Minister has been asked to be a part of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza.Hospitals across Canada are adopting AI technology to deal with a rise in violence.The whereabouts of Uganda's main opposition leader are unknown ahead of election results announcement.Water restrictions are lifted in Calgary after a main water main burst last month, but major work still needed to make full repairs.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney reaches tariff-quota deal with China on electric vehicles, canola. EV deal with China bad for Canada says Brian Kingston, head of Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association. RCMP faces class action lawsuit over past hiring process requiring invasive breast and genital exams. The Chinese language newspaper, Ming Pao, ends its Canadian editions today. Matthew McConaughey becomes the first known actor to trademark his image and his voice to avoid being manipulated by artificial intelligence.

Canada and China sign multiple MOUs, economic and trade cooperation roadmap, during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing. ICE agent in Minneapolis shoots Venezuelan man in leg during arrest at protest. Iran says 26-year-old protester Erfan Soltani will not be sentenced to death. Nobel Peace ‍Prize winner Maria Corina Machado meets US President Donald Trump for the first time.Yoweri Museveni seeks unprecedented 7th term in today's Uganda presidential election. Ontario school boards hold thousands of pieces of publicly-owned art, but board in London won't share information about its collection.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault expected to resign, ahead of provincial election in October. Foreign Ministers of Greenland and Denmark are meeting with US Vice President JD Vance in Washington as administration threatens to take over Danish territory. Organizers of the Arctic Winter Games say competition will go on despite tensions in the circumpolar region. Swedish firm Saab wants Canada to buy 72 Gripen fighter jets and 6 GlobalEyes surveillance aircraft to fulfill promise of 12,600 jobs. NGO Human Rights Activists in Iran documents dozens of cases of forced confessions, accuses the regime sentencing protesters to death at "show trials." At least 29 people dead after a construction crane crashed onto a moving passenger train in Thailand. Climate monitoring groups say 2025 was the third hottest year on record, despite cooling influence of La Niña phenomenon.