Indigenous News

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is looking for options to protect a southern Ontario First Nation from repeated exposure to benzene from a nearby chemical plant, as the plant issues a new warning about air pollution.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's tourism minister has remained defiant in the face of criticism from opposition members who have questioned the benefits of a weeklong trip to Europe that cost the province more than $22,500.

OTTAWA — The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out.

VICTORIA — Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, is scheduled to visit British Columbia next month.

WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson, the first woman to have held the province's top office, is resigning her legislature seat, ending a 23-year career in politics.

Chelsea Carey wants to be clear. She's not trying to fill Jennifer Jones's curling shoes. Carey has been handed the skipping reins of Jones's young team ranked second in Canada and fourth in the world.

VANTAA, Finland — Gavin McKenna scored twice in the span of one minute and 45 seconds in the first period as Canada opened with a 6-3 win over Sweden on Thursday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship.

MONTREAL — Two women who were sexually assaulted by the same foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Quebec City, their lawyer said Thursday.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Family members of a Saskatchewan man who was shot by his lover told court they will never understand why he was killed by the former Mountie.

A lawyer representing the estate of Tupac Shakur sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake on Wednesday after he used an AI-generated likeness of the late rapper's voice in a diss track.