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

MONTREAL — The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity.

For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Internal Revenue Service in the process.

If the deal is approved, provinces and territories stand to get more than $24 billion over about two decades, while plaintiffs in two class-action lawsuits in Quebec would get more than $4 billion to split between them.

The 269-page report calls for the government to halt COVID-19 vaccines without the full disclosure of risks and to end their use for healthy children and teens.

Liberal leadership candidates are jostling over who would be the best person to lead on the trade front.

The move helps enhance border security and aligns with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, says the CBSA.

MONTREAL — The association representing Quebec's police chiefs is sounding the alarm that collisions involving children transported by school bus are on the rise, reaching levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. The deadline for registering to vote in the leadership contest passed on Jan. 27 and candidates have until Feb.