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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be no early election call.

HALIFAX — Much to the relief of his loving family, Baloo the cat came back — just not the very next day — after being mistakenly shipped 1,200 kilometres away. "There's been lots of treats and lots of belly rubs," said his owner, Jackie Lake.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's ambitious plans to dramatically expand the province's lucrative offshore oil and gas industry got a nasty jolt on Nov. 16.

CAMROSE, Alta. — A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Paulins factory in Winnipeg stopped making it.

TORONTO — There were two winning tickets for the $16 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $7.9 million.

YELLOWKNIFE — A Canadian mining firm says it has unearthed the largest diamond ever found in North America. Dominion Diamond Mines says the 552-carat yellow diamond was found at its Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories in October.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg restaurant chain that's faced recent allegations of harassment has dismissed another high-level employee.

MONTREAL — It appears likely that Yves-Francois Blanchet, a former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister, will become the next leader of the Bloc Quebecois.

MONTREAL — Seven years after it was created, Quebec's anti-corruption unit is having difficulty recruiting members and filling a number of positions.

KATOWICE, Poland — After two weeks of bruising negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries agreed Saturday on universal, transparent rules that will govern efforts to cut emissions and curb global warming.