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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump says 25 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs coming U.S.

PARIS — The Canadian ambassador to France says threats by United States President Donald Trump to invade another country violate international law.

Ontario’s main party leaders are all back to work today and making stops in the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara region.

OTTAWA — Canada's aid sector is bracing for cataclysmic suffering worldwide, and is asking Ottawa to help fill gaps as Washington winds down the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs at 25 and 10 per cent respectively during his first term in March 2018 using national security as justification. Canada responded with a series of counter-tariffs on American products like Florida orange juice.

PARIS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that developing more electricity to power artificial intelligence will be a key priority of the G7 this year, as Canada assumes the presidency of the multinational body.

Ontario’s main party leaders are taking a break from public announcements today, but they are still trying to reach voters where they are — in some cases, on the couch.

Just a handful of species at risk are faring better now than they were two and three decades ago, in the early years of Canada's system for assessing and protecting them, a new study suggests.

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OTTAWA — As conflicts continue to erupt around the globe, a new survey suggests that Canadians are anxious about relationships between groups here at home — particularly between Muslim and Jewish Canadians.