Indigenous News

MONTREAL — It's safe to say Montreal basketball fans have left an impression on the Oklahoma City Thunder.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Isaiah George scored the game-winning goal 3:35 into overtime to lift the London Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Peterborough Petes on Thursday. Easton Cowan and Sam Dickinson scored in regulation for London (4-1-0).

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Liam Kilfoil netted the game-winning goal 1:54 into overtime and the Halifax Mooseheads edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 on Thursday. Lou Lévesque and Reece Peitzsche also scored for Halifax (6-2-0).

VANCOUVER — The RCMP say a photojournalist who is suing the force was not exempt from complying with a court injunction while reporting on protests over the Coastal GasLink pipeline that's nearing completion in northern British Columbia.

EDMONTON — Finance Minister Nate Horner says if Alberta abandons the Canada Pension Plan to run its own stand-alone fund, it will not adopt Quebec’s model, which mandates optimizing returns while also investing in the province.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Prosecutors in British Columbia say they won't be charging an RCMP officer in connection with the death of an Indigenous man in Prince George in 2020.

A $30-billion federal funding initiative launched in 2021 to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has created a fraction of the new spaces expected in the first year of operation in three provinces that were assessed, a new report said.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government tabled legislation Thursday invoking the notwithstanding clause to prevent children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.

CALGARY — The Alberta government is to receive $54 million in federal funding to develop and deploy a 10-year plan to end gender-based violence in Alberta.

OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government could enter into treaties with Métis nations after the passage of a bill that affirms their right to self-governance.