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Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet his U.S. counterpart Tuesday for a high-stakes White House meeting — a face-to-face that comes as bilateral relations are at their lowest point in decades and with a trade war raging. Carney triumphed in last week’s election in part because of his promise to steadfastly defend Canada in the face of President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs and his 51st state taunts. Now, the country is expecting Carney to deliver some signs of progress and show that his new Liberal government may be able to bring this fractious era to a close.

Veteran NDP MP Don Davies has been selected as the new interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada. At a special meeting of the party’s federal council, the NDP’s governing council voted to appoint Davies, MP for Vancouver Kingsway, after former leader Jagmeet Singh resigned a week ago following the party’s disappointing election result. The federal council met Monday night after the party had the worst showing in its history on election night. Singh lost his B.C. seat and announced on the spot that he would resign.

A local assistant Crown Attorney will become a judge with the Ontario Court of Justice. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced Monday that Pardeep Bhachu who was called to the bar in 2009 will become one of eleven new judges starting May 14. Bhachu was an assistant Crown Attorney in Hastings and Prince Edward counties and prosecuted several complex cases, including murder, sexual assault, and robberies, in both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice. She was the lead Crown in cases involving intimate partner violence and youth. She also volunteered with the John Howard Society, the Ontario Justice Education Network, and the Hastings County Situation Table. She has been assigned to Halton region.

The Competition Bureau says it is taking Canada’s Wonderland to court because it alleges the company that runs the amusement and water park north of Toronto engages in “deceptive marketing practices.” In a news release on Monday, the bureau accuses Canada’s Wonderland Company of “drip pricing,” a practice in which a company advertises “lower prices than what consumers ultimately have to pay as those prices exclude mandatory fixed fees.” The bureau alleges that Wonderland, in particular, advertises items at a lower price than what consumers have to pay online. According to the bureau, drip pricing is considered “deceptive” because consumers are not presented with an “attainable” price upfront.

Sports

William Nylander got the Maple Leafs off to a flying start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The star winger scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead early before holding on late to down the Florida Panthers 5-4 and take Game 1 on Monday night.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz left Scotiabank Arena on a stretcher and was taken to a local hospital after he exited early. Earlier in the second period, Panthers forward Sam Bennett made contact with Stolarz’s head while he was skating across the top of the crease, causing the Leafs goaltender to briefly remain down on the ice.

The New York Islanders won the NHL draft lottery on Monday and vaulted nine teams, including the last-place San Jose Sharks, in winning the opportunity to have the No. 1 pick. The Islanders’ jump from 10th to first is the biggest involving a team winning the No. 1 selection.

Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf, Montreal defenceman Lane Hutson and San Jose centre Macklin Celebrini are the finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player selected “as the most proficient” in his first year of NHL competition

Kenny Atkinson of the Cleveland Cavaliers has been named the NBA Coach of the Year after leading the team to 64 wins and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs in his first season in the job