Indigenous News

TORONTO — Auston Matthews took another step toward a mark not reached in more than 30 years. Following the Maple Leafs' late collapse, one of the team's under-the-weather stars made sure Thursday ended on a positive note.

Ottawa Senators defenceman Jakob Chychrun gave full credit to the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night. Mason McTavish scored two goals in leading the Ducks to a 5-1 victory and snapping the Senators' four-game winning streak.

WestJet chief executive Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized for incidents where the airline failed to accommodate people living with disabilities, saying he hopes to improve travel accessibility.

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan's largest nurses union says overcrowding has reached dangerous levels in one of the province’s major hospitals.

Rogers Communications Inc. says the telecom regulator should phase out its current approach to wholesale network access, which requires smaller internet companies to pay a set rate to larger ones to use their networks and then sell to Canadians.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon pitched a housing plan Thursday to get more first-time buyers into homes just days after Premier David Eby promised to build more affordable rental units for the middle class.

OTTAWA — Diverse views in the Liberal party are a source of strength, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Thursday as questions persisted about caucus discord over the government's policy on the Israel-Hamas war.

CALGARY — Thirty-six law professors, legal researchers and other staff from Alberta's two largest universities are asking the province to reconsider policy changes affecting transgender youth.

SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP says it has established a national team to help co-ordinate investigations and information sharing about extortion schemes targeting South Asian businesses in B.C., Alberta and Ontario.

WHISTLER, B.C. — Even after a second run, Prince Harry couldn't crack the 100km/h mark as he raced face-first down one of the world's fastest bobsled tracks in Whistler, B.C., aboard a tiny skeleton sled. "I'm going to go again.