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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's drug-related conviction, saying evidence in his case is admissible despite concerns about violation of his Charter rights. In February 2017, near Banff, Alta.

QUEBEC — A striking Quebec teachers union said Friday it won't give in to "emotional blackmail" from the premier after he asked them to return to work for the good of their students.

VANCOUVER — Kay Matthews doesn't mince words when asked about the state of businesses fighting to survive in downtown cores across Ontario. "We're struggling," said Matthews, executive director of the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

VANCOUVER — Marine scientist Kieran Cox calls it "probably the most pervasive, unregulated pollutant in Canada and globally." It's not plastic, petrochemicals or another chemical toxin. It's underwater noise.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is hinting that it will take steps to limit how much money Canada's publicly funded broadcaster can collect under Ottawa's new revenue-sharing agreement with Google.

OTTAWA — The federal government's bail-reform legislation is on its way to becoming law after the House of Commons decided on Thursday to accept changes the Senate made to the bill.

OTTAWA — The national spy watchdog says Canada's border agency needs to do a better job of documenting how and why it singles out certain air passengers for possible additional scrutiny.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has filed the first-ever application to secure an unexplained wealth order in Canada, the province's solicitor general said, calling the orders a "powerful tool" to clamp down on the proceeds of criminal act

OTTAWA — The Liberal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is defending a bill that would formalize several Métis self-governance agreements, after more than a month of heated debate between Indigenous leaders at a parliamentary committee.