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A police officer blocks the area of a shooting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Fredericton police say two officers were among four people who died in a shooting Friday in a residential area on the city's north side. One person was in custody, they said, and there was no further threat to the public. (Keith Minchin/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Shooting in Canadian city leaves 4 dead, including 2 police

by Rob Gillies Associated PressAugust 10, 2018

Police are photographed at the perimeter of the scene of a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Toronto gunman kills 2, wounds 13

by Rob Gillies Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

Police work the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018.

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Man firing into Toronto cafes shoots 14 people, killing 2

by Rob Gillies Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor, center, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Health Bill Blair, left, listen to questions during a press conference on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The Canadian government said it will soon...

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Canada to announce date for legal pot

by Rob Gillies Associated PressJune 21, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, June 8, 2018. For the first time in decades, one of the world's most durable and amicable alliances faces serious strain as Canadians — widely seen as some of the nicest, politest people on Earth — absorb Donald Trump's insults against their prime minister and attacks on their country’s trade policies.

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Canada-US relations at a low after Trudeau-Trump trade tiff

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and David Crary Associated PressJune 14, 2018

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump assails Trudeau via Twitter

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressJune 10, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting at the G-7 summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump barrels into G-7 summit, ready to fight US allies

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressJune 8, 2018

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, 30, is seen in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. The federal government has paid Khadr 10.5 million and apologized to him for violating his rights during his long ordeal after capture by American forces in Afghanistan in July 2002. (Colin Perkel/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Ex-Guantanamo inmate gets apology, millions from Canada

by Rob Gillies Associated PressJuly 7, 2017

David P. Gelios, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Division of the FBI, speak during a news conference in Detroit, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Amor Ftouhi, a Canadian man, shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich., on Wednesday. The FBI says Ftouhi, 49, tried unsuccessfully to buy a gun while in the United States for five days. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Airport stabbing suspect was Montreal building caretaker who paid his rent

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Ed White Associated PressJune 23, 2017

FILE- In this April 20, 2016, file photo, people smoke marijuana during a 4/20 cannabis culture rally in Toronto. The Canadian government, which introduced nationwide pot legalization legislation last month and expects to pass it next year, hopes to undercut the underground marijuana market with the lower age limit of 18 and not 21, an untested theory that is being closely watched around this country and in the U.S. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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Canada tests lower age for pot legalization

by Rob Gillies Associated PressMay 18, 2017