Indigenous News

OTTAWA — Longtime Ottawa journalist Joyce Napier is headed to the Vatican as Canada's new ambassador.

OTTAWA — Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill today to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war.

MONTREAL — Stella-Jones Inc. reported a first-quarter profit of $77 million, up from $60 million a year ago, as its revenue rose nine per cent. The maker of utility poles and railway ties says its profit amounted to $1.

MONTREAL — Air Canada ranks below most other major North American airlines on customer satisfaction, with airfares a particular sore point, according to a new survey.

VANCOUVER — Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will start in net for the Canucks as Vancouver kicks off a second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers tonight.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — Police say they're present at a blockade of an oil lease road in northern Alberta but aren't enforcing an injunction for members of a local First Nation to clear the site. Cpl.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it is leasing and operating a number of Aframax oil tanker ships to carry crude from the recently completed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to Pacific markets.

TORONTO — Recruitment and retention of doctors in Ontario is "not a major concern," the Ministry of Health suggests in arguments it is making in arbitration with the Ontario Medical Association over physician compensation.

OTTAWA — A new opinion poll suggests nearly half of Canadians oppose the pro-Palestinian encampments that have cropped up on some university campuses.

HALIFAX — Some disability advocates in Nova Scotia say they feel betrayed by the province’s failure to meet its deadline to halt new admissions of people with disabilities to institutional environments that are slated for closure.