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SUFFIELD, Alta. — A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada's largest military bases.

Murray Sinclair's death Monday at the age of 73 was met with tributes from across the country, and a sacred fire was lit outside the Manitoba legislature.

How should wealthy countries, who have contributed a disproportionate share of planet-warming emissions, financially compensate other nations?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

MONTREAL — A First Nation near Quebec City says the provincial government and Quebec’s hydro utility have ignored their constitutional duty to consult about four planned wind projects south of the St. Lawrence River.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale—Langley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16.

The service of Chinese-Canadian soldiers in the First and Second World Wars will be honoured in a new exhibition at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver's Chinatown.

MONTREAL — Canadian Army veterans are healing their psychological wounds with some help from equine friends.

VANCOUVER — The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that the union has so far rejected.

HICKMAN'S HARBOUR, N.L. — Brian Avery was three years old when he and his parents packed their belongings into a boat and pulled away from Deer Harbour, N.L., leaving behind their home, their way of life and centuries of family history.