Indigenous News

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Justin Carbonneau was the lone scorer in the shootout as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2-1 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

AGASSIZ, B.C. — The union representing prison officers says its members are concerned about the safety of staff and inmates over a needle exchange program proposed by the Correctional Service.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault accomplished her two missions at the Pan American Games. The 26-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., won gold in women's middleweight and also qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

RICHMOND — A car has crashed into a hot dog store at a busy intersection in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Richmond, trapping a person who was sent to hospital in critical condition.

SANTIAGO — Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson believe their new bond on and off the beach volleyball court strengthened at the Pan American Games.

VANCOUVER — Parks Canada officials said they're closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and Yoho national parks for a parasite that could "decimate" as much as 90 per cent of young trout and salmon.

BASEL, Switzerland — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime secured his spot in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament Friday with a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over Alexander Shevchenko.

OTTAWA — An RCMP employee who worked in the same intelligence unit as a man charged with revealing classified information to targets of the force says the unit was not involved in criminal probes, surveillance or undercover work.

OTTAWA — The Manitoba government says former NDP member of Parliament Roméo Saganash, who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year, has been referred to a restorative justice program.

CALGARY — Alberta's police watchdog says two RCMP officers were not negligent when they investigated the killing of an infant by her father in 2021.