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CALGARY — Calgary's mayor is apologizing for failing to communicate better with residents as the city continues to urge water conservation until a major feeder main that failed last week is repaired.

MONTREAL — Quebec travellers who were hoping to visit New York City by train this summer will now have to wait until fall.

As wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui last summer, killing more than 100 people and destroying thousands of buildings, a telecommunications blackout kept many residents in the dark.

TORONTO — "Bridgerton" star Nicola Coughlan says the ups-and-downs of her character's long-anticipated romance with a high society noble are not over.

WINNIPEG — A union representing approximately 120 workers who provide meter readings, inspections and location services for Manitoba Hydro customers says members have voted to strike in support of their demands for a new contract.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ana Chang has lived in Mississauga since the age of seven and is now raising her own children in the southern Ontario city that has seen rapid development over the last three decades.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders game Friday had the green light to go ahead despite water restrictions in the city. Calgarians were urged to reduce water use as work to repair a major water main stretched into a second day.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (22,007.00, down 222.10 points): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 22 cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $52.25 on 15.8 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell one per cent Friday, led by industrials, utilities and base metals, while U.S. markets retreated as both countries released new information about their job markets.

OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing a raft of changes to cannabis regulations ranging from packaging to reporting requirements in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden.