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JASPER, ALTA. — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year's wildfire in Jasper, Alta., which destroyed one-third of the town's homes and buildings, is the second costliest fire disaster in the country's history.

MONTREAL — A Montreal author is speaking out after a local library cited Quebec's language laws in refusing his request to host an English-language book club.

OTTAWA — The federal government is overhauling the way it reimburses provinces and territories after natural disasters, with a new focus on funding rebuilding efforts that try to prevent the same level of destruction in a future disaster.

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

VANCOUVER — Projections show U.S.

VANCOUVER — A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a "gruelling marathon" of a case.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump's press secretary says the plan to slap Canada with tariffs on Saturday is still in play, as NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called for Parliament to return to prepare for the threat of devastating duties.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — One of the two hit men who shot Ripudaman Singh Malik to death in Surrey, B.C.

OTTAWA — Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy says Ottawa's current approach to foreign policy has run out of road.

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry has found no evidence of "traitors" in Parliament conspiring with foreign states, dispelling suggestions to the contrary that alarmed the public.