Indigenous News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a small gain on Tuesday despite weakness in metals and utilities stocks, while U.S. markets rose the day before the central bank is set to make a decision on interest rates.

HALIFAX — Margaret Norrie McCain has donated $10 million to Mount Saint Vincent University to support teaching and research on early childhood education. The Halifax university says it's the largest gift in the school's 150-year history.

Halifax-area RCMP say a Cole Harbour man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an alleged abduction and hit-and-run that killed a 30-year-old woman.

Toronto-based Deloitte LLP has paid $1.59 million in fines and costs for breaching CPA Ontario's code of professional conduct, the regulatory body said.

MONTREAL — Two Black Montreal firefighters say they've faced years of racist abuse from their colleagues, and they now believe it will take outside action to change the culture of the city's fire department.

OTTAWA — A "big fight" between Canada and the United States could be looming over the federal Liberal government's plan to impose what Washington's envoy to Ottawa described Tuesday as a "discriminatory" tax on digital services.

The Canadian men's rugby team leaves Wednesday for Spain and the four-team La Vila International Rugby Cup.

WINNIPEG — The co-worker of a man found not criminally responsible for stabbing her more than a dozen times is suing Manitoba health authorities, alleging staff at a crisis centre failed to protect her from the violence.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he did not instruct staff to include specific developer-owned lands in expansions of urban boundaries that would have allowed building in those areas, despite internal documents suggesting his office had been

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's education minister says the government is discussing the idea of making naloxone kits available in the province's schools, as the Liberal opposition presses for rapid action.