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OTTAWA — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was optimistic about the vision of a centrally located arena becoming reality for the Ottawa Senators following a day packed with meetings, tours and discussions.

TORONTO — Kristin Pardy hid her bulimia for more than 10 years.

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday she shares the "legitimate" concerns of U.S. officials about Mexico becoming a back door for China to wedge its way into the North American trading regime.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the pretrial seizure of two Montreal-area houses belonging to billionaire Robert Miller, at the request of four women who have filed civil lawsuits alleging he sexually abused them as minors.

OTTAWA — A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP says Premier Scott Moe's government needs to address high food prices and pause the gas tax in light of recent scurvy cases in the province's North.

TORONTO — Fears of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict weighed on stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic Tuesday, but Canada's main index recovered from early losses to end slightly up, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.

FREDERICTON — A rent cap, tax cuts, and payments to nurses are among the commitments New Brunswick's Liberal government says it will fulfil in its first 100 days in office.

MONTREAL — Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but "a lot of ground" remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide strike entered its fifth day.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia and other tech companies pulled U.S. stock indexes higher after they stumbled in the morning on worries about escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Tuesday.