Indigenous News

HALIFAX — Cities across Canada are reporting a rise in fires, sometimes deadly, in tents and other shelters used by unhoused people — a situation advocates say is a tragic consequence of the country's homelessness crisis.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A Montreal suburb announced Wednesday that its long-delayed cull of deer that have overrun a local park will finally go ahead in the fall of 2024.

Former Canada captains Mike James and Jen Kish lead the list of nine inductees to Rugby Canada Hall of Fame as the Class of 2023. They are joined by fellow players Andrea Burk, Mark Cardinal, Steve Gray and Julianne Zussman.

QUEBEC — The potential cost of replacing the deteriorating roof of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium won’t be known until the issue is studied in January, Quebec Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Tesla's recall over its autopilot function will affect about 193,000 vehicles in Canada. Transport Canada says Tesla will provide an over-the-air software update to fix the advanced driver assistance features.

After a down year, there will be more than double the number of Canadian golfers on the LPGA Tour in 2024.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg to a two-year contract. The 30-year-old from Essex, Ont., was set to become a free agent in February.

CALGARY — A Calgary man is facing a manslaughter charge after allegedly running over someone in a case of road rage.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer was exonerated Wednesday in a report by the province's police watchdog agency, which concludes his use of lethal force in the shooting of a Sudanese immigrant was "necessary and justified.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Crown prosecutors say a Saskatchewan Mountie deliberately lured his lover to an isolated area to kill him, but the officer's lawyer argues the shooting was in self-defence.