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An Alberta power generator has been fined for running a plant for months without regulatory approval.

MONTREAL — Quebec's justice minister is giving more responsibility to justices of the peace to free up provincial court judges and reduce delays.

DOHA, Qatar — Canada's Leylah Fernandez picked up a pair of wins Monday at the Qatar Open women's tennis tournament. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

BOWMAN, Que. — Provincial police say two people died in a house fire on Sunday in Western Quebec. Authorities found the two bodies in the rubble of the home in Bowman, Que.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added more salad kits to a recall that started last week due to possible Listeria contamination.

TORONTO — Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada is cutting 20 per cent of its workforce ahead of a move by provincial oversight bodies in Ontario and Quebec to split from the national organization.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Lawyers for a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago will not present a defence. Marc-André Grenon's lawyers told a courtroom in Saguenay, Que.

TORONTO — Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is calling the allegations in a short sellers report on the company false and misleading.

TORONTO — Independent telecommunications provider Beanfield Metroconnect is asking the industry regulator to outlaw arrangements between carriers and developers that provide turnkey internet service for all units of a particular condo building.

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