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OTTAWA — Canada marked Remembrance Day on Tuesday — 80 years after the Second World War ended and 72 years since the end of the Korean War. Only a few thousand Canadian veterans of those conflicts are still alive.

TORONTO — Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more months, but with much hard work still to be done.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

OTTAWA — A new survey suggests fewer Canadians were planning to observe Remembrance Day this year compared with 2024.

VICTORIA — An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B.C.'s coast.

OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight says she respects the independence of Nova Scotia's judiciary in determining judges have the right to ban the poppy from their courtrooms.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next tranche of projects the government is referring to the Major Projects Office for review will be announced Thursday.

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Rideau Hall said Monday.

OTTAWA — The Indigenous Services minister says community leaders shouldn't worry about zeros in the recent federal budget for programs their members rely on.

The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a "community contact" whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by the landmark Cowichan Aboriginal title decision.