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SCRANTON, PA. -- In an abrupt change, the White House on Wednesday floated new plans to pay for parts of President Joe Biden's $2 trillion social services and climate change package, shelving a proposed big increase in corporate tax rates though also adding a new billionaires' tax on the investment gains of the very richest Americans. Source

WINNIPEG - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it is still waiting for records from the federal government related to residential schools, despite a comment from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that all federal records have been provided. Source

Edmonton - More than 3,000 Albertans have now died due to COVID-19 after the province reported 18 new deaths and 786 new cases on Wednesday. The deaths are spread across several days and range in age from in their 30s to those over 80 years old. Source

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's company is under criminal investigation by a district attorney in a New York City suburb into whether it misled officials to cut taxes for a golf course there, according to The New York Times. Source

TORONTO -- A report exploring far-right extremism in Ukraine’s military found that neo-Nazis and supporters of far-right, white nationalist groups in the ranks bragged about receiving training from Canada and other NATO nations, prompting promises of a thorough review from the Department of National Defence. Source

CALGARY - A forensic pathologist says it's unlikely a toddler, found buried with her mother west of Calgary two years ago, died as a result of an accidental fall. Deputy medical examiner Dr. Akmal Coetzee-Khan returned to the witness stand Wednesday at the trial of Robert Leeming. Source

MONTREAL -- Two days after a 16-year-old was stabbed to death outside his Montreal school, his friends are furious—not only at the boy they say attacked him, but at the police, who haven’t arrested anyone yet. Source

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre said there are no plans to transfer more than six patients to Ontario as of Wednesday morning – contradicting information provided by health officials in Ontario. Ontario Health executive vice president Dr. Source

PHILADELPHIA -- Warning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some Prosecutors pursuing the case against a man accused of raping a woman on a commuter train last week don't anticipate charging fellow passengers for not intervening, a spokesperson for the suburban Philadelphia district attorney said. Source

Items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie were found Wednesday in a Florida wilderness park as the search continued for clues in the slaying of Gabby Petito, an attorney for his family said. Laundrie's parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, took part in the search Wednesday with the FBI and police from North Port, Fla. Source