Indigenous News

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver says an acrid odour that blanketed parts of the region on Sunday contained elevated contaminant levels, but didn't breach pollution standards.

CALGARY — A defence lawyer for a man accused of sexually assaulting seven women in Calgary has challenged a woman's memory of what happened on the day of her alleged attack.

MELFORT, Sask. — The man who went on a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation wasn't on the radar of the province's specialized enforcement team ahead of the massacre.

REGINA — Nadine Baker says she has been waiting 10 months for a diagnostic scan to see whether she has breast cancer. The Regina woman said Monday she was referred for a diagnostic test in March and an appointment still hasn't been booked.

Tourists Jorge Correa and Roger Leyton wanted to go to Vancouver Island on Monday, but with no bus to get them to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, they had to make other plans.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review of the discipline handed out to an officer over sexual misconduct claims, saying the punishment didn't fit the seriousness of the sexual allegations that were "predatory in nature.

TORONTO — Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor has been added to the roster for the NHL's upcoming All-Star Weekend in Toronto.

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it's permanently closing its sawmill in Fraser Lake, B.C., after an orderly wind-down. The Vancouver-based company says it's unable to access economically viable fibre in the region.

MONTREAL — New visas for international students will be slashed by more than one-third this year as the federal government tries to slow a rapid increase in temporary residents that has put immense pressure on Canada's housing system.

TORONTO — A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner's inquest Monday that having a stun gun would have "changed everything.