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BOLOGNA, Italy — After a strong start, Canada needs a strong finish Saturday in its Davis Cup group stage final.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives promised a tax break for restaurant diners Friday. It was the latest in a string of tax-cut promises that has so far covered home purchases, income and even trees.

EDMONTON — A lawyer for a man who fatally stabbed five young people at a Calgary house party and has been seeking more freedom while he's under psychiatric care wants the Supreme Court of Canada to hear his appeal.

TORONTO — An outbreak of E. coli that's sickened hundreds has shone a much-needed spotlight on food safety at daycares, experts said as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to consider further regulations in shared kitchens.

OTTAWA — Canada is postponing a trade mission to India that federal Trade Minister Mary Ng had spent the past four months promoting as key to the government's Indo-Pacific strategy.

Health Canada says it will review a declaration by American government experts who say a key ingredient in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications also available in this country does not work to get rid of nasal and sinus congestion.

ZURICH — Canada has been drawn with Spain, Mali and Uzbekistan at the FIFA U-17 World Cup later this year in Indonesia. Group B comes with no shortage of pedigree.

OTTAWA — Canada is announcing $5 million in aid for groups helping people in Libya who have been displaced by disastrous flooding.

CALGARY — The Alberta government will immediately give families a one-time payment of $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares, Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl know their Stanley Cup window is wide open. Two painful playoff exits has the Edmonton Oilers' dynamic duo hungrier than ever to push through.