Indigenous News

VANCOUVER — An organizer of Saturday's Remembrance Day ceremony in Downtown Vancouver wants anyone worried about a forecast of wild weather to try to imagine what it was like in the trenches of Europe during the First World War.

WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson won’t be wearing boxing gloves in Saturday’s CFL West Division final, but he might feel like he’s in the ring. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive end anticipates a slugfest against the B.C.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal have committed to racial equity audits after facing pressure from shareholders.

EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing legislation to make it easier to change dollar limits and rules surrounding gifts for elected officials.

TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist knew the call — if it was indeed coming — would light up his phone in the early evening. The former New York Rangers goaltender was home in Sweden.

EDMONTON — A known gang member was tracked down, shot and killed along with his 11-year-old son on Thursday while they were in a car parked outside an Edmonton fast-food restaurant, police say. Acting Supt.

OTTAWA — Remembrance Day often brings mixed emotions for Donna Riguidel, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran whose career was cut short by a sexual assault.

TORONTO — Drake landed four nominations at the Grammy Awards on Friday, putting an end to his lengthy boycott of the awards ceremony and placing him neck-and-neck with roots singer Allison Russell as one of the top Canadian contenders.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,654.47, up 67.06 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Health care. Down one cent, or 1.37 per cent, to 72 cents on 7.

OTTAWA — Draft regulations removing the carbon price from home heating oil are now in effect, Finance Canada confirmed Friday, but the change will do little to ease affordability woes for Canadians who rely on oil furnaces to stay warm.