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WESTLOCK, Alta. — Shaylin Lussier went home and screamed after the student's town voted for a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property. Lussier, a member of the gay-straight alliance in Westlock, Alta.

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died Thursday in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-elected in 1988.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met.

OTTAWA — Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and he will say the answer runs through Quebec.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling his government's new pharmacare bill a huge step forward, but won't say what direction Canada's new national drug plan is headed.

MONTREAL — A measles case in suburban Montreal suggests there could be community transmission of the highly contagious virus in Quebec, health officials say.

OTTAWA — The flag fluttered at half-mast on Parliament's Peace Tower and several provincial legislatures on Friday as Canadians paid tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

EDMONTON — A journalist arrested during the police clearing of a homeless encampment said Friday she's relieved an obstruction charge against her has been dropped.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer user's internet protocol address, calling the identification number a crucial link between a person and their online activity.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says Ottawa will spend another $58.8 million to continue the Local Journalism Initiative until 2027.