Indigenous News

TORONTO — The NHL has passed the halfway point of its schedule. All-star festivities are set for early next month in Toronto. Teams are making moves in the standings.

TORONTO — Wayfair says about 50 Canadians are part of a layoff impacting 1,650 employees at the home goods company. Spokesperson Susan Frechette says the 50 Canadians are all in Ontario.

Canada's holiday sales period got underway in November with a 0.2 per cent decline in retail sales led by falling purchases at food and beverage retailers.

TORONTO — Blackstone Real Estate says it will purchase all outstanding shares in Tricon Residential Inc. and take the Toronto-based rental development company private. New York-based Blackstone says it will pay about US$11.

TORONTO — Winnipeg's Jerin Valel is one of four Canadian referees working Saturday night at UFC 297 in Toronto. A look at his routine: Referees like Valel are hired and supervised by the local commission, not the promoter.

TORONTO — With nine homegrown fighters on the 12-fight card, Canada is well represented at UFC 297. It's the same for the referees. Four of the six working Saturday night are Canadian in Jerin Valel, Todd Anderson, Brian E.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Snow-battered B.C.

OTTAWA — A group representing key Canadian businesses wants legislative changes that would allow Canada's spy agency to share threat intelligence with companies to help them take timely protective measures.

EDMONTON — Internal documents from Alberta's energy regulator suggest the province's environmental liability for hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells could be nearly triple the figure the agency announced earlier this week.

HALIFAX — For Sean MacDonald, the push to restart a criminal investigation into police destruction of evidence in the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction case matters both for personal reasons and for the precedent it could set.