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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House "within the next week.

LONDON — Holding a white towel against her body, a young woman smiles and looks into the camera. "It was all consensual," she says before asking if she's being filmed. "You are so paranoid ... I enjoyed it," she adds.

VANCOUVER — Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn.

MONTREAL — Elections Canada says it will investigate "shortcomings" that prevented some people in Nunavik from casting their vote in Monday's federal election.

OTTAWA — Jonathan Pedneault has resigned as co-leader of the Green Party after acknowledging the "disappointing" outcome for the party in Monday's election.

OTTAWA — Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday. Veteran MP Mark Strahl says Poilievre has his full support and will win the next election.

OTTAWA — A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election — even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy.

Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the day.

MONTREAL — One of Quebec's largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power the night before during one of a series of violent storms that swept through the province.

TORONTO — The deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival has prompted event organizers across Canada to comb over their security practices in a bid to protect attendees and assure them festivals are safe.