Indigenous News

ERIKSDALE, Man. — The Manitoba government is increasing a temporary rent reduction for Crown land used by agricultural producers for things like grazing, haying and annual cropping.

TORONTO — Toy store Mastermind GP Inc. says it has obtained an initial order for creditor protection from an Ontario court as it faces financial challenges and a slowing economy.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new NDP government may push back a key election promise to freeze hydroelectric rates for one year, due to a worsening fiscal outlook at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the Conservatives on Friday for voting against a bill to implement a free-trade agreement with Ukraine, accusing them of turning their backs on the embattled country's needs for partisan reasons.

HALIFAX — An endangered green sea turtle found on a Nova Scotia beach has been revived and shipped back to warmer waters after nearly dying in the frigid Bay of Fundy.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is recruiting dozens of allied health-care workers to help speed up discharge times in hospital emergency departments. The NDP plans to spend $2.

TORONTO — An October cyberattack on Canada's largest public library system that brought down its website and likely exposed sensitive employee information will keep some services offline into 2024.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks say they have placed defenceman Carson Soucy on long-term injured reserve and forward Pius Suter on injured reserve retroactively. Soucy, 29, hasn't played since Nov.

VANCOUVER — A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier this month remains in custody awaiting his next court date. Randall Hopley was to appear in court on Friday, but his case was put off until Dec.

BURNABY, B.C. — The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent of the one million jobs needed over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education or training.