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FREDERICTON — The month-long New Brunswick election campaign is nearing the finish line with a final day of campaigning in what's seen as a tightening race between the rival Liberals and Progressive Conservatives.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $24 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept.

OTTAWA — Parts of Canada's national capital were still reeling Saturday after a powerful tornado carved paths of destruction through residential neighbourhoods — snapping huge trees, tossing cars and obliterating homes along its way.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — A 32-year-old man was shot and killed following an exchange of gunfire with police that also sent two officers to hospital west of Toronto, Ontario's police watchdog said.

OTTAWA — Joshua McEvoy was sure his wedding was ruined.

MONTREAL — Quebec's political party leaders set their political differences aside on Saturday as they headed to Gatineau, Que., to survey the damage from a tornado that ripped through homes and sent several people to hospital on Friday night.

MONTREAL — Canada will create a new ambassador position dedicated to women, peace and security, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday.

WINNIPEG — The federal government says it will provide more than $154 million to the Manitoba Metis Federation as the group works towards self-government.

OTTAWA — A freelance journalist says the rescue of a dog trapped under the rubble was "a little bright spot" amid the chaos in an Ottawa neighbourhood ravaged by a tornado.

OTTAWA — A tornado carved a destructive path through the Ottawa-Gatineau area on Friday, tearing roofs off of homes, overturning cars and felling power lines.