Indigenous News

CALGARY — The time around Remembrance Day is tough for Second World War veterans like Hank Jackson, who turns 103 in January.

WHITECOURT, Alta. — Mounties say a 10-year-old boy is unaccounted for after a deadly house fire in Alberta. RCMP say they were called Thursday to the fire at a home in Whitecourt, Alta., about 180 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

VANCOUVER — An organizer of Saturday's Remembrance Day ceremony in Downtown Vancouver wants anyone worried about a forecast of wild weather to try to imagine what it was like in the trenches of Europe during the First World War.

WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson won’t be wearing boxing gloves in Saturday’s CFL West Division final, but he might feel like he’s in the ring. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive end anticipates a slugfest against the B.C.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal have committed to racial equity audits after facing pressure from shareholders.

EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing legislation to make it easier to change dollar limits and rules surrounding gifts for elected officials.

TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist knew the call — if it was indeed coming — would light up his phone in the early evening. The former New York Rangers goaltender was home in Sweden.

EDMONTON — A known gang member was tracked down, shot and killed along with his 11-year-old son on Thursday while they were in a car parked outside an Edmonton fast-food restaurant, police say. Acting Supt.

OTTAWA — Remembrance Day often brings mixed emotions for Donna Riguidel, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran whose career was cut short by a sexual assault.

TORONTO — Drake landed four nominations at the Grammy Awards on Friday, putting an end to his lengthy boycott of the awards ceremony and placing him neck-and-neck with roots singer Allison Russell as one of the top Canadian contenders.