Indigenous News

NEW YORK (AP) — One-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said Tuesday was the result from a published report claiming he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital.

OTTAWA — India's envoy to Canada insists relations between the two countries are positive overall, despite what he describes as "a lot of noise.

OTTAWA — The Columbia River watershed in B.C. has been declared an infected area for whirling disease, a parasite that causes deformities in fish and has a high mortality rate.

MONTREAL — Nuvei Corp. says it lost US$4.8 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared with a loss of US$8.3 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based fintech company says revenues were US$335.1 million, up from US$256.

OTTAWA — Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot.

Calgary’s much-maligned bylaw imposing restrictions and costs on single-use items is no more. City council voted 12-3 on Tuesday to ditch the rules following months of criticism from restaurants and consumers.

OTTAWA — More than 15 civil society groups are urging the justice minister to hive off proposed changes to the Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act from a bill aimed at tackling online harms.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has appointed a new committee to look into ways to speed up the reclamation of the large and growing tailings ponds in the province's oilsands.

OTTAWA — They may have fallen short of their goal but there’s no denying Ottawa’s first season in the Professional Women’s Hockey League was a success.

TORONTO — Alternative lender Goeasy Ltd. says it had a record volume of credit applications in its first quarter, up 41 per cent from a year earlier.