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TORONTO — Toronto Raptors all-star Scottie Barnes is out at least three weeks with a fractured right orbital bone. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — A number of Conservative MPs have written letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this week called disastrous and promised to cancel.

The Toronto Zoo says Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla who had shown signs of deteriorating health, died on Tuesday.

GRIMSBY, Ont. — Police in Niagara Region say they're investigating an explosion at a school that injured a female staff member. Investigators say they were called to Central French Immersion Public School in Grimsby around 1:30 p.m.

OTTAWA — Canada Post has presented its latest contract offer to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a bid to reach a new deal without a labour disruption. The new proposal includes annual wage increases amounting to 11.5 per cent over four years.

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

TORONTO — In a nook of the gleaming new Arc'teryx store on Toronto's Bloor Street West, Jesse Chan and Yamel Zacarias rifled through a rack of jackets most would consider misfits one October afternoon.

TORONTO — Canadian squash player Salah Eltorgman dropped a 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7 decision to Israel's Daniel Poleshchuk in quarterfinal play Tuesday at the Cambridge Group of Clubs Classic.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators thumped the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night.