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MONTREAL — Downtown Montreal was awash with rainbow flags on Sunday as thousands of LGBTQ+ community members and their supporters took to the streets for the annual Pride parade.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

OTTAWA — A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers have been allowed to send to the Middle East.

At first it appears to be a quirky video clip generated by artificial intelligence to make people laugh. In it, a hairy Bigfoot wearing a cowboy hat and a vest emblazoned with the American flag sits behind the wheel of a pickup truck.

OTTAWA — First Nations in Ontario and the Manitoba Métis Federation say nearly $1 billion in federal funding went to a group they allege is fraudulently claiming Métis identity.

MONTREAL — A man who's been on the list of Canada’s top 25 most wanted fugitives for murder and drug trafficking charges in Saskatoon dating back to 2022 has been arrested at the airport in Montreal while police say he was returning to Canada.

MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating after a Jewish father was attacked in the city's Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough on Friday afternoon, an act condemned by much of the political class on Saturday.

MONTREAL — Montreal police were busy early Saturday dealing with three stabbings in two separate fights at opposite ends of the city, leaving one man dead. Police were called to a bar in the city's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood at about 2 a.m.

Canada is joining international partners Saturday in panning Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City approved this week.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 9, 2025. The Canadian Press