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TORONTO — Ontario is scrapping its portion of the harmonized sales tax on eligible purpose-built rental housing in an effort to spur construction.

MONTREAL — The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has signed a deal to acquire a 695-kilometre power transmission network in central Brazil in a transaction valued at up to $108.5 million.

OTTAWA — The Conservative party is maintaining a steady lead over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, a new poll suggests, at a time when Canadians are reporting limited trust in their institutions.

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. announced plans to invest more than US$100 million a year in generative artificial intelligence.

After four days trying to call his family in the Gaza Strip, Vancouver resident Omar Mansour said he was able to hear his brother's voice for a few minutes Monday morning.

OTTAWA — Chris Holopina called his mom in Manitoba every single week while he was deployed in Bosnia in 1996. At 22, he was doing exactly what he'd always wanted to do: serving in the Canadian Armed Forces as a combat engineer.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Vancouver man says his family in Gaza has no water A Vancouver resident says his family in the Gaza Strip has no water to drink.

VANCOUVER — The YouTube video appears to show a person who looks like Liu Xin making unfounded remarks about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying among other things that "he is a man who loves porn.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's natural gas utility could face hefty fines for not remitting the carbon tax to the federal government, and its executives may also face jail for failing to do so, federal legislation says.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks banished the ghost of a tough loss last week for a Halloween night victory.