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WASHINGTON — Canada is teaming up with the U.S. and Spain in an effort to create legal pathways for migrants and ease the burden of irregular migration in North America.

OTTAWA — Canada has slapped fresh sanctions on Iranian officials whom Ottawa blames for the arrest of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked widespread anti-regime protests last September.

Londoners up in the early hours of Wednesday morning were treated to a full dress rehearsal of King Charles' coronation procession -- including five RCMP members riding just ahead of the gold state coach that will carry the King and Queen Consort to

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — A program that for five decades has had young Canadians shadow MPs from across the political spectrum is facing an uncertain future because the model that has kept it running grates against modern labour codes and tax laws.

OTTAWA — The threats started with phone calls in 2011 to her home in Kandahar. The mother of six had no idea her Canadian brother was working so close by, just 10 or 15 kilometres away, until the Taliban told her.

There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $18 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 5 will be an estimated $23 million. The Canadian Press

ORILLIA, Ont. — It didn't take long for the flowers to appear at the statue of Gordon Lightfoot in his Ontario hometown.

Paul Hughes says one of the most difficult moments of his life was placing a Canadian flag over the body bag of a soldier from Alberta killed during a bloody battle in eastern Ukraine.

Margie Gray says the end of a coroner's inquest into the death of her son has shown the public what she has known all along; that Vancouver police officers beat her son to death when he was vulnerable and needed help.