By Canadian Press

In the news today, May 9

May 9, 2018 | 5:36 AM

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 9

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CANADA TO APOLOGIZE FOR REJECTING JEWISH REFUGEE SHIP

Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939, resulting in scores of them dying, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. He says Canada’s decision to force the ocean liner “MS St. Louis” to return to Europe was a blight on our collective past and a “most egregious” example of misguided policy. 

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ONTARIO ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF

The campaign for Ontario’s June 7 election officially kicks off today, after Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell signed a proclamation yesterday dissolving the province’s 41st Parliament and paving the way for the vote. All three major party leaders begin the day in Toronto, with Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne and PC Leader Doug Ford holding evening events in the Ottawa area.

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G7 WILL DISCUSS IRAN WITH TRUMP

European diplomats say Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement will be discussed at next month’s G7 summit in Quebec. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland yesterday expressed Canada’s regret over the U.S. decision, saying the agreement was “essential” to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability and ensuring global security. She said while the deal “is not perfect, it has helped curb a real threat to international peace and security.

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SASK. SCHOOL SHOOTER GETS LIFE IN PRISON

A judge has sentenced a young man who opened fire at a school and a home in Saskatchewan in 2016 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. Four people were killed and seven injured in the shooting in La Loche. The man cannot be identified because the shootings occurred when he was just shy of his 18th birthday. Judge Janet McIvor called the shootings “senseless” and “coldly horrific.”

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UCP LEADER WON’T LEGISLATE ON ABORTION

United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says he will not legislate on abortion even though party members have passed a resolution that advocates on both sides say could do just that. At the party’s founding convention on the weekend, members voted 74 per cent in favour of a resolution that would require parents to be notified before any invasive medical procedure was performed on a minor.

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BIG NIGHT FOR BIG MAPLE

Seattle Mariners pitcher James Paxton of Ladner, B.C. wrote some baseball history last night by tossing a no-hitter in a 5-0 victory over the Blue Jays in Toronto. Paxton — known as ‘Big Maple’ — is the first Canadian-born major leaguer player to pitch a no-hitter on Canadian soil, and just the second Canadian to do so in any ballpark. Toronto-born Dick Fowler threw one for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1945.

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ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:

— Indigenous leaders from Canada will hold a news conference in Houston to coincide with Kinder Morgan’s annual meeting.

— The Missing Children’s Network will discuss a new campaign in the search for Montreal boy Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou.

— Statistics Canada will release building permits for March.

— The Government of Yukon will test the emergency public alerting system on compatible cell phones.

— The Economic Club of Canada in Toronto hosts a conversation with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau on why equality matters.

— Canadians who took part in the Pyeongchang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games attend a celebration at Rideau Hall.

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