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Calls for co-ordinated action across levels of government to address Canada's housing crisis are growing as affordability deteriorates and the country risks falling even further behind on building more homes.

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $25 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on June 27 will be an estimated $30 million. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Capt. Marc Larouche had a calm presence. Being a keen, silent observer of what was going on around him, speaking only when he needed to, was part of what made him a great pilot and leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

SURREY, B.C. — Fears at a British Columbia Sikh temple that the killing of its president was related to foreign interference prompted a meeting between Liberal Sikh members of Parliament and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.

DARTMOUTH — The U.S. Coast Guard will lead an investigation into the catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible, which broke apart with five aboard and sank to the ocean floor during a dive to the Titanic earlier this week.

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OTTAWA — A Canadian senator said he wants Chinese Canadians to set up a national foundation that would focus on raising money to fund lawsuits against "messy reporters" and politicians who "try to smear" the community. A video of Conservative Sen.

MONTREAL — A Cree community in northern Quebec was being evacuated Friday because heavy smoke from a nearby forest fire was blanketing the town and threatening to cut off the main road to the south of the province. The wildfire in Mistissini, Que.

DAUPHIN, MAN. — The legacies of some of the 16 seniors killed in a bus crash are living on in a western Manitoba community, as their clothing and food items are donated to those in need.