Indigenous News

World Rugby has announced sweeping changes to its international calendar, moves that formalize the gap between Tier 1 and 2 nations but assure Canada of regular matches.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. reported US$325 million in net earnings attributable to shareholders for the third quarter, up from US$113 million a year earlier. Sales revenues totalled US$2.0 billion, up from US$1.7 billion.

VANCOUVER — A 61-year-old man is dead after a tugboat he was operating capsized in waters off Vancouver in blustery conditions.

Quebec's anti-corruption police force says although the scandals that defined the province's construction industry in the last decade have subsided, corrupt activities have sprouted on a smaller scale in other sectors.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday he is pausing some activities by the province's Diagnostic and Surgical Recovery Task Force — a group set up under the previous Progressive Conservative government to reduce wait times for health-car

OTTAWA — A former employee of an RCMP intelligence unit privy to highly secret information says members would never directly contact targets of a criminal investigation.

SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan government is to spend $120,000 for the care of five zebras seized from a rural property in June.

Montreal's fire department reports it has carried out hundreds of inspections as part of a push to secure potentially hazardous buildings following a March fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,986.49, down 60.25 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 16 cents, or 0.36 per cent, to $44.14 on 13.4 million shares.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — With Connor McDavid out of the lineup, the Edmonton Oilers are putting on a brave face and embracing the opportunity for other players to step up.