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LORRAINE, Que. — Quebec provincial police say two men from Ontario have been arrested after an investigation into shots fired at a home north of Montreal led to an early-morning police chase.

MONTREAL — The village of Ste-Pétronille, Que., is used to receiving attention from outsiders.

OTTAWA — The RCMP has eased its policy on cannabis use by members, saying simply they must be fit for duty when reporting for work.

OTTAWA — As the United States election cycle goes into full swing ahead of a pivotal election later this year, federal Liberals north of the border have been increasingly comparing Canadian Conservatives to Trump Republicans.

Northern Alberta is the only part of the country still under an extreme cold warning, about a week after Western Canada was gripped by bitter cold and biting winds.

VANCOUVER — The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in the treetops.

MELFORT, Sask. — Myles Sanderson had a list of grievances and was ready to kill anyone who got in his way, a coroner's inquest into a Saskatchewan mass stabbing heard Friday.

VICTORIA — A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key diet for endangered orcas are being caught in their thousands by trawlers, only to be dumped or turned into compost.

MONTREAL — The Crown says it won't appeal the acquittal last month of a Quebec woman following a third trial in the deaths of her two daughters. Adele Sorella was acquitted by Quebec Superior Court Justice Myriam Lachance on Dec. 18.

OTTAWA — Federal cabinet ministers meeting in Montreal next week to prepare for the upcoming parliamentary sitting will be told that they simply cannot be too bold when it comes to solving Canada's housing crisis or preparing for the impact of the ne