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VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister is warning of potential contamination in illicit cannabis and the dangers of misleading packaging for illegal cannabis edibles.

OTTAWA — A new parliamentary report says Canada's aircraft certification process needs retooling in the wake of two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners.

YELLOWKNIFE — All COVID-19 public health restrictions could be lifted by the fall under a reopening plan released by the Northwest Territories.

LONDON, Ont. — The man accused of deliberately mowing down and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., demanded a cab driver call police to arrest him minutes after the attack, the head of a local taxi company said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Diena Jules was just seven years old when she was forced to attend the Kamloops Residential School, but she was considered one of the lucky ones because she got to go home every night. She doesn't remember feeling so lucky.

MONTREAL — The family of a man killed by police in 2017 was awarded $30,000 in damages this week by a judge who ruled Quebec's police watchdog showed bias in a public statement about the case.

WINNIPEG — Manitobans who get a COVID-19 vaccine could also get a six-figure cash injection in their wallets. The provincial government is offering $100,000 prizes and $25,000 scholarships in an effort to persuade more people to get a shot.

OTTAWA — A national civil liberties coalition says a secretive division of the Canada Revenue Agency is unfairly targeting Muslim charities for audits based on flimsy reasoning, amounting to discrimination.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 4:20 p.m. Manitobans will soon be allowed to see their friends again as the province relaxes one of its COVID-19 restrictions.

MONTREAL — Ex-journalist Anne Panasuk says it was important to get approval from elders before she accepted a job offer from the Quebec government to help implement a law aimed at helping Indigenous families find missing children.