Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the news shortly after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou departed Vancouver for China.

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"About 12 minutes ago the aircraft carrying Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor left Chinese airspace and they're on their way home," Trudeau said on Friday night.

As similar efforts spread around the country, they "give oxygen to things that are untrue,” and erode trust in the U.S. election process, observers say.

China has freed two Canadian citizens after the U.S. struck a deal for the release of a Huawei executive.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference Friday night that an aircraft carrying Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor left Chinese...