Indigenous News

EDMONTON — Canada will defend its world junior football championship when the event resumes this summer following a six-year hiatus. The 2024 competition will begin June 20 in Edmonton and run through June 30.

REGINA — Thousands of Saskatchewan teachers were out Monday on another one-day strike with the aim of getting the province to negotiate on classroom sizes and supports for students with high needs.

TORONTO — As Danesh Mohiuddin stepped on to Toronto's subway to take his daughter to daycare, he did a double take. The Stanley Cup and former Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle were on the same TTC car as him.

TORONTO — Global startup accelerator Plug and Play is entering Canada's fintech market with Visa Canada as a founding sponsor.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the Trudeau government is holding diplomatic talks with Mexico to deal with an increase in asylum claims from that country.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is opening up funding for housing-enabling infrastructure to more municipalities. Municipalities had asked the province to change criteria for its $1.

Alyson Walker, the newly appointed general secretary of Canada Soccer, is leaving the job before starting due to an "unforeseen personal matter." Walker, whose appointment was announced Dec. 22, had been slated to start Jan.

CALGARY — A man and woman have been charged with the theft of telecommunication wire that left more than 2,000 Calgarians without internet or phone service.

NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Conor Timmins US$2,864.58 for cross-checking Kraken forward Brandon Tanev during a game Sunday night in Seattle.

Police say they have charged 11 people with close to 100 offences after a months-long investigation into an alleged car theft ring operating in the Toronto area and other parts of southwestern Ontario.