Indigenous News

TORONTO — A spring storm pelted swaths of Ontario with heavy rain and high winds on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands of people and threatening to bring major snowfall to regions in the east.

A former BlackBerry Ltd. employee has filed a lawsuit against the company and its new chief executive John Giamatteo, who she claims sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her after she reported the behaviour.

MONTREAL — Ontario Provincial Police and the Canada Border Services Agency say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal.

TORONTO — Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.

Mark Giordano has witnessed the NHL's power-play evolution up close. The league's oldest player this season at age 40, the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman quarterbacked the Calgary Flames' No. 1 unit in his Norris Trophy-winning 2018-19 season.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Liberal Party officials told a legislature committee Wednesday that their handling of a case in which thousands of dollars in public funds were misused by a former employee was “above board” and legal.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has revealed another glimpse of what it will present in the coming federal budget, announcing it's setting aside another $15 billion for an apartment construction loan program.

Calgary's Jake (The One) Peacock is looking forward to putting on a show Friday in his Muay Thai debut in the One Championship promotion.

MONTREAL — Shares of WSP Global Inc. fell in trading Wednesday after a prominent U.S. short-seller took aim at the engineering firm.

VANCOUVER — Residents forced out of a Vancouver homeless encampment will be allowed back in this week after the city completed a cleanup of the site.