Indigenous News

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Canada's game against Panama at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was abandoned without a ball bowled Friday due to bad weather.

ASHCROFT, B.C. — Mounties in B.C.'s southern Interior say a fiery head-on crash between two tractor trailers has claimed the life of one of the drivers. The crash on Thursday shut the Trans-Canada Highway down for much of the day.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police in York Region say a man they arrested in an alleged carjacking attempt had been released on bail on unrelated charges just moments earlier.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have placed Ville Heinola on injured reserve after the 22-year-old defenceman suffered an apparent leg injury in Thursday's 3-0 home loss to the Ottawa Senators.

TORONTO — When Terry Dunfield was named interim coach of Toronto FC in the wake of Bob Bradley's June 26 firing, team president Bill Manning said the assignment would last just four games.

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Que. — A decade after the deadly Lac-Mégantic train disaster, work on the project to divert trains from the downtown core is set to begin, despite divisions in the community over the proposed route.

OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the Liberals see turning federal assets into affordable housing as an integral part of fixing Canada's shortage.

CALGARY — The CEO of Enbridge Inc. is calling on the federal government to create a national Indigenous loan guarantee program to help First Nations communities in Canada acquire equity stakes in major resource and infrastructure projects.

BURNABY — The National Basketball Players Association and its members on the Toronto Raptors are donating $10,000 to fund striking support workers at Simon Fraser University.

HALIFAX — Special weather statements are in effect for the Maritimes as Environment Canada forecasts the region could be hit with more than 50 millimetres of rain beginning Saturday afternoon.