Indigenous News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed former B.C. lieutenant-governor Iona Campagnolo has died at the age of 91. Campagnolo was appointed as the province's 27th lieutenant-governor in 2001.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Mounties in Langley, B.C., say they are cancelling the Amber Alert issued for a four-month-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his mother on Thursday. Police say in a statement that the child was located and is safe and sound.

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The young killer whale stranded in the lagoon off Vancouver Island is a girl.

VICTORIA — Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested nearly seven years ago were "absolutely shocked" to learn that the manslaughter charges against two of the Mounties involved have been stayed, Dale Culver's

WHITEHORSE — The Whitehorse Star newspaper in Yukon is closing after 124 years. The newspaper's front page on Friday announced that its last publication day will be May 17.

KELOWNA — More than 80 residents from a low-income apartment building in Kelowna, B.C., have learned they won't be able to return to their homes for at least another two weeks.

KINGSTON — Canadian sailors Sarah Douglas, Will Jones and Justin Barnes have qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Toronto ILCA 6 sailor Douglas and the 49er duo of Jones from Jerseyville, Ont., and Barnes from Pickering, Ont.

UTICA, N.Y. — A PWHL Toronto connection was a key contributor to Canada's 3-0 win over Switzerland on Friday at the women's world hockey championship.

REGINA — Saskatchewan teachers say they will be withdrawing volunteer services indefinitely after getting nowhere with the province on a draft memorandum of understanding in their ongoing labour dispute.

WINNIPEG — Two First Nations men wrongfully convicted of murdering a restaurant worker are suing three levels of government saying their imprisonment was the result of racial discrimination.