Indigenous News

Kathleen Zydowicz hasn't seen much of her husband lately, keeping in touch via text while he and dozens of colleagues fight wildfires around their tiny community of Wilson's Landing, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, B.C.

Two First Nations say they're "shutting down" public access to B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations.

A man is facing an attempted murder charge after another man was allegedly thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle in Sudbury, Ont., earlier this week in what police believe was a hate-motivated attack.

NEW YORK — Vasek Pospisil's hopes of playing in the U.S. Open were dashed Friday. The Vernon, B.C., tennis star lost 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 to Zachary Svajda of La Jolla, Calif.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews will be well paid to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a Stanley Cup championship.

TORONTO — Ontario public high school teachers will not go on strike this fall, if members accept a tentative agreement reached Friday by their union to use binding arbitration if needed to get a contract.

OTTAWA — Canada changed the way it settles First Nation land claims, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada confirmed Friday.

OTTAWA — Beijing and Ottawa are in talks aimed at increasing flights between China and Canada, following American deals and the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, but diplomatic spats and the aviation sector's gradual pace of change could prolong the

TORONTO — Canadians soon won't find Kleenex tissues on store shelves. The Kleenex consumer facial tissue business is leaving Canada this month, U.S. manufacturer Kimberly-Clark said in a statement Friday.

TORONTO — Metro Inc. is seeking an injunction against striking employees who are picketing its warehouses and preventing deliveries to stores in Ontario, the grocer said Friday.