Standing side-by-side with his long-time colleague, Sidney Ribaux mischievously threw a light jab at a gaggle of journalists and TV cameras deployed for a Friday morning news conference. He didn't expect to see so much interest for a briefing about pesticides, he said with a smile.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named Ontario lawyer Josee Forest-Niesing and Mi'kmaq leader Brian Francis from Prince Edward Island as the newest members of the Senate.

Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats want the provincial government to revive its plan to bring in a carbon tax.

The Canadian government says it will impose a 25 per cent surtax on some foreign steel products in a bid to head off dumping.