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The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. air force will appear together in the skies over Ottawa today to mark the Fourth of July. Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence today. Revellers gathered at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra for the annual Fourth of July party in Ottawa will see the jets flying at low altitude. The ceremonial flypast is scheduled for around 6:30 p.m. ET.

The Trump administration is hindering work at the United Nations on advancing equality, says Canada's UN Ambassador David Lametti. "There has been a general obstructionist policy, (a) cantankerous policy with respect to women's rights, a woman's right to choose, with respect to LGBTQ+ rights (and) gender equality," Lametti told The Canadian Press when asked to describe American actions at the UN.

Fans across the country will be cheering on the Canadian men's soccer team as they take on Morocco in the next World Cup knockout round. It could be another history-making match for Canada, although they will face their toughest opponent yet. Morocco entered the tournament sitting seventh in FIFA's rankings while Canada was No. 30. The match is taking place at the Houston Stadium in Texas, with many Canadians expected to be in attendance.

Newly released court documents are shedding more light on the alleged link between a sweeping police corruption probe in Ontario and the case of former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug trafficking ring. Gurpreet Singh, accused by U.S. authorities of helping co-ordinate cocaine shipments for Wedding, was investigated for his potential involvement in an alleged plot to kill a Toronto corrections facility officer, documents unsealed on Friday show.

A basket of groceries can be quite expensive at a lot of grocery stores in Canada these days. So, Narcity checked the prices of a dozen staple food items at Loblaws, Walmart and Sobeys to compare the total basket costs. That's because those retailers are nationwide chains. Also, the stores are some of the most expensive and the least expensive grocery retailers in the country, according to Canadian shoppers.

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for it. Naheed Nenshi also says public financing for the pipeline shouldn't be a deal-breaker. "There sometimes is space for public dollars, and the big pipelines that have been built over many years in Canada certainly had public participation in different ways," Nenshi said in an interview Friday.

If you've never been to Ottawa before, chances are you'll want to spend some time downtown — and you absolutely should! There's a lot to do in the city, whether that's checking out Parliament Hill, grabbing some good food, walking through the ByWard Market, or visiting a few of the local museums. That said, one of the best things about Ottawa is how many great day trips are within easy driving distance.

The heartbroken mother of a young fisherman has identified him as the captain of the charter boat involved in a deadly sinking in B.C. waters last Sunday and says he complained about the disrepair of the vessel. Ashley Lin says in an emotional interview that her 23-year-old son Chen Ming is among six people missing and feared drowned. She says the boat was operated by a company known as Top Fishing in English and Haishang in Chinese.

The B.C. government is boosting the pay for community coroners by about 55 per cent, after years of complaints about low wages for the sometimes gruesome job. The province is looking for community coroners to cover death investigations in dozens of communities, with pay of $49.77 an hour, up from $32 an hour. A job ad from the British Columbia public service says the wage increase came into effect on June 1, in the first pay jump for community coroners in a decade .

Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the government's widely criticized advisory council on inclusion is meant to unify Canadians in a way previous federal envoys tasked with tackling antisemitism and Islamophobia could not. "This is an advisory committee that is going to foster dialogue and a space to talk about some extremely difficult issues, chief of which is the current scourge of antisemitism in the country," Miller told The Canadian Press.