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The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen British democracy and restore trust in politics.

VANCOUVER — The man accused of plowing a vehicle through a crowd at a Vancouver street festival faces more charges of second-degree murder.

Wedad Bishara says she's seen more clients interested in exploring Canada this year than in her three previous decades as a travel agent. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Bishara said U.S.

MONTREAL — A nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in a shallow pond in Upstate New York on the weekend died from asphyxia due to drowning, New York State Police said Tuesday as they continued their homicide investigation.

The suspect remains in custody.

JASPER, ALTA. — One year to the day a wind-whipped fire forced thousands to flee in the dark of night along one smoke-choked road, the mayor of Jasper acknowledged it was a moment of remembrance that some would much rather forget.

HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers downplayed the importance of a looming Aug. 1 deadline in trade talks with the U.S. on Tuesday, saying the objective is to get the best possible deal for Canadians.

MONTREAL — A Quebec woman who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and marry one of its fighters, has pleaded guilty to one count of participating in the activities of a terrorist group.

MONTREAL — First Nations in Quebec have walked away from talks with the provincial government on a forestry bill they say would pave the way to privatizing public land.

OTTAWA — The volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada decreased four per cent last year after three annual increases in a row, the national statistics agency said Tuesday.