Indigenous News

TORONTO — Ontario is investing $1.6 billion for two new buildings at a mental health hospital in Toronto. The province says the money will go toward the design and construction of the buildings at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed a new ethics commissioner with the support of opposition parties. Konrad von Finckenstein, who had been serving as acting ethics commissioner since August, was given the official title today.

Toronto police are looking for a suspect after a 76-year-old woman was shot in the face several times with a pellet gun in an east-end neighbourhood.

Two years ago, Ihor Weryha finally felt ready to retire. The Mississauga, Ont., resident had spent 40 years working in the petrochemical industry, most of which had been evenly split between two companies.

MONTREAL — Laurentian Bank of Canada reported a first-quarter profit of $37.3 million, down from $51.9 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based bank says the profit amounted to 75 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Jan.

A posthumous tribute to musicians Gordon Lightfoot and Robbie Robertson has been set for this year's Juno Awards. Organizers say nominees Aysanabee and Allison Russell will salute the legendary artists in a joint performance.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

TORONTO — Hundreds of thousands of books have been freed from a months-long purgatory as scores of staffers race to get them out of storage and back on shelves following a cyberattack that felled the Toronto Public Library's computer systems in Octob

Vancouver tech lawyer Ryan Black's work with video game companies put him in a position to watch the rise of artificial intelligence in the industry. Now he finds himself on the front lines again as his own profession grapples with the technology.

FREDERICTON — Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder.