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The lawyer representing a father charged with murdering his nine-year-old Canadian daughter in Upstate New York said his client will ask for bail. Luciano Frattolin appeared Tuesday in Essex County court in Elizabethtown, N.Y.

Noha Zaher and Ibraheem Sabry still hadn't made it home to Ottawa despite enduring nearly 60 hours of travel chaos and confusion after their vacation abroad.

EDMONTON — Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of "distraction" thefts across Canada.

TORONTO — An eight-year-old Toronto boy killed by a stray bullet while he was in bed with his family is being remembered as a compassionate and fearless child as the community prepares to hold a vigil in his memory later this week.

Ontario is planning to make changes to a housing fund for municipalities that many have said unfairly measures their progress on building, the minister signalled in a speech Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel is partnering with a Swedish steel company so it can produce ballistic-protection steel domestically for the first time.

NORFOLK COUNTY — A string of alleged cemetery thefts in southwestern Ontario has police appealing for help. Ontario Provincial Police say thefts have been reported at four cemeteries in Norfolk County since last week.

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells The Canadian Press that the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

TORONTO — Extreme heat is endangering students, workers, renters and some of Ontario's most vulnerable residents, a network of civil society groups said Monday as they urged the province to better prepare for sweltering temperatures.

Provincial police say they are investigating after human remains were found in a remote area of the Bruce Peninsula.