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TORONTO — Canadian homeowners are increasingly adding flood coverage to their insurance policies as extreme weather events become more common, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

The Canada Public Transit Fund has been in the works for months and was promised in the recent federal budget. It is intended to be permanent, though it is currently only funded for 10 years.

OTTAWA — Canada's military will make history on Thursday when Jennie Carignan is promoted to the rank of general and takes over command as chief of the defence staff.

OTTAWA — The group Google asked to distribute $100 million to news outlets in Canada has publicly released its governance model, which it says focuses on sustainability, equity and innovation within the industry.

MONTREAL — A hydroplane racer from Quebec is dead after crashing over the weekend at a regatta southwest of Montreal.

A new poll suggests that just 15 per cent of Ontarians are personally affected by the LCBO's ongoing strike, as the provincial government expands access to alcohol at other retailers.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Premiers wrapping up summer meeting in Halifax Canada's premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today.

Part of the Don Valley Parkway, a highway running from the north part of Toronto into downtown, experienced major flooding, with stretches of the highway under brown water by Tuesday afternoon.

MILWAUKEE — Three days after the Saturday shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania, Republican party faithful streaming through the streets of downtown Milwaukee were turning the episode into a source of courage rather than fear.

EDMONTON — The Alberta-British Columbia wine fight appears to be coming to an end. The premiers of both provinces announced Tuesday a one-year deal to again allow Albertans to directly order wine from more than 300 B.C.