Indigenous News

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is set to lose Bell as its leading sponsor.

In a story that moved on Aug. 24 about efforts to eradicate the smallmouth bass population in a Nova Scotia lake, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that electro-fishing involves fatally shocking fish.

MONTREAL — With 10 games left in its regular season, and all focus on landing a Major League Soccer playoff berth, CF Montreal is preparing for the New England Revolution's visit to Stade Saputo on Saturday night.

HALIFAX — The family of a Mi'kmaw woman who died in provincial custody is suing Nova Scotia’s attorney general and the province's health authority for negligence.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Addiction and recovery specialists in Newfoundland and Labrador are calling for supervised drug-consumption sites as the province faces soaring rates of deaths from toxic cocaine.

REGINA — A longtime minister for the Saskatchewan Party has announced he is retiring from provincial politics and will not be running in the next election.

The provincial government says the cleanup of chemicals that spilled into two creeks after an industrial fire in west Toronto is expected to take until October.

TORONTO — Emergency crews say a teenager has died after getting caught in a Toronto storm drain tunnel during a bout of heavy rain. Toronto fire says it received a call around 1:20 a.m.

The federal government is investigating allegations that a farm in southwestern Ontario sent six Jamaican seasonal workers home earlier than planned after they protested their living and working conditions.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba New Democrats are promising to increase a tax credit for renters and make it harder for landlords to raise rents above the province's annual guideline.