Indigenous News

OTTAWA — Thirteen years ago, in the throes of a major political loss and personal crisis, Mark Holland experienced the darkest period of his life.

TORONTO — An Ontario court is set to hear a constitutional challenge to a panhandling law that advocates say is grossly disproportionate and infringes the rights of some of the most vulnerable members of society.

STONY PLAIN, ALTA. — One person is dead after a train collided with a vehicle in Stony Plain, Alberta. Parkland RCMP says they received a report of a collision between a train and a vehicle in Stony Plain at 3:56 p.m. local time.

PITTSBURGH — Former Toronto Maple Leaf forward Jason Spezza says his younger brother Matthew has died of an accidental overdose.

NEWELL COUNTY, ALTA. — A train derailed on Monday afternoon in southern Alberta, with multiple cars coming off the track. RCMP say a train derailed near Highway 873 and Range Road 142, just outside the city of Brooks. No injuries were reported.

TORONTO — Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Pierre Engvall and 24-year-old New York Islanders rookie Kyle MacLean enjoyed fulfilling homecomings on Monday.

Lawmakers took Air Canada's CEO to task on Monday over "shocking" and failures to accommodate passengers living with disabilities.

BURNABY, B.C. — The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two people in Vancouver two years ago has recommended ending public funding for single-room-occupancy hotels in privately owned buildings.

ERIE, Pa. — Zach Wigle scored twice, including once while short-handed, Ben West made 38 saves, and the visiting Barrie Colts defeated the Erie Otters 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Monday night.

EDMONTON — A police officer has been sent to hospital after a car crash in northeast Edmonton.