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FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed a court action seeking to overturn a key section of New Brunswick's new policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

VANCOUVER — Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city's Downtown Eastside. Const.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted a small loss Friday, with broad-based weakness led by metals and tech, while U.S. markets eked out slim gains amid ongoing concern about interest rates. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 57.

VICTORIA — The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution.

BRUSSELS — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse claimed his first medal of the Diamond League circuit with a bronze in the men's 200 metres at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium on Friday.

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer is facing criminal charges in the February shooting of a man who was left with serious injuries. Ontario's police watchdog said officers had responded to a park for a report of a man with a knife.

POINTE-DE-L'ÉGLISE, NOVA SCOTIA — Nova Scotia’s only French-language university is encouraging survivors of alleged historical sexual assaults on its campus to come forward, as it faces accusations it ignored rape allegations from students.

INGONISH, N.S. — Parks Canada teams were searching along Cape Breton's Cabot Trail on Friday to catch and euthanize a coyote that attacked a cyclist earlier this week.

TORONTO — It has been a week of mental preparation for defensive back Robertson Daniel and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (9-1) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (6-5) to open an important home-and-home series for the East Division rivals.

HALIFAX — For residents of Canada's East Coast, some of the latest images showing the potential path northward for hurricane Lee are disturbing.