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OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces said it planned to begin the complicated process of pulling the wreckage of a downed CH-147F Chinook helicopter from the Ottawa River Tuesday, after a crash killed two pilots last month.

OTTAWA — The federal government needs to extend the deadline for small businesses to repay pandemic loans, the New Democrats and a national association representing small businesses said this week.

MONTREAL — A town near Quebec City declared a state of local emergency and other communities ordered preventive evacuations on Tuesday as torrential rain caused rivers across southern Quebec to burst free of their banks.

HALIFAX — The embattled former leader of the largest First Nations advocacy organization in Canada delivered a searing rebuke of its leadership, as chiefs rejected her pleas and voted in favour of a process to replace her Tuesday.

A total of 421 officers from across the country were reassigned to the southern border for 60-day deployments beginning June 18.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — The leaders of NATO member countries have pledged to boost spending on national defence, even though Canada and other countries have for years failed to meet the alliance's previous target.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — A stark exhibition of war photographs lines the walls of a tunnel on the way into the NATO leaders' summit. Signs printed on shuttle buses read: "While you're waiting for this bus, Ukraine is waiting for NATO membership.

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WINNIPEG — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard faces new charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement after Manitoba justice officials sought a second opinion of the evidence outside his home province.

MONTREAL — Quebec officials have dismantled a homeless encampment beneath an elevated Montreal highway ahead of a major roadwork project and following a months-long legal battle.