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TORONTO - Ontario's 80 local electricity distribution companies _ many municipally-owed utilities _ should voluntarily merge into a maximum of eight-to-12 regional agencies within two years, an expert panel recommended Thursday.

OTTAWA — The robocalls court challenge took a testy turn Wednesday over the tweets and treatment of one of its star witnesses.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government has announced that it will investigate three top members of the provincial police for possible criminal activity.

VANCOUVER — The parents of an aboriginal girl found slain last week in Kamloops have joined the call for a national inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women.

HALIFAX - A former elementary school teacher convicted of committing indecent acts has agreed to surrender his teaching licence in Nova Scotia after a public outcry over his bid to return to the classroom.

OTTAWA - Canada's newest Supreme Court justice says democracy is at stake if the public no longer has trust in the judicial system.

OTTAWA - Canada will contribute another $15 million in humanitarian aid to help Syria's neighbours cope with the overflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country's civil war.

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan is offering to meet this week with a northern Ontario chief who embarked on a hunger strike Tuesday out of frustration with the federal government.

EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford is trying to reassure Albertans that the province's operating budget will balance in the next fiscal year.