Indigenous News

TORONTO — Business leaders say the escalating tension between Canada and India is jeopardizing delicate trade and investment relationships that the two sides have been have been working for years to advance.

TORONTO — Broad-based but shallow strength helped lift Canada's main stock index modestly higher in late-morning trading after falling more than 400 points a day earlier, while U.S. stock markets also posted gains.

OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on Parliament Hill to a warm welcome Friday, where he kicked off a series of meetings with senior Canadian officials and is expected to give an afternoon speech to the House of Commons.

OTTAWA — Evidence in the trial of two "Freedom Convoy" organizers suggests city staff did not give protest organizers or their lawyers a heads-up about plans to file a court injunction against demonstrators.

WASHINGTON — The White House is pushing back against reports that Canada-U.S. relations are straining under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's seismic allegation that the government of India was involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.

Marco Arop catapulted himself to new heights, and just in time heading into an Olympic year. The towering six-foot-four 800-metre runner from Edmonton became the first Canadian to win world championship gold in the event in August.

NINGBO, China — Alexa Gray had 20 attack points to lead Canada to a 3-1 win over Ukraine on Friday at the women's volleyball Olympic qualification tournament.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford lost a third cabinet minister in as many weeks Friday, with top performer Monte McNaughton resigning as labour minister to work in the private sector.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.3 per cent to $66.1 billion in July, helped by the strength of sales at supermarkets and grocery stores. However, the agency says its early estimate for August suggests retail sales fell 0.

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — ATS Corp. has signed a deal to buy Avidity Science LLC, a designer and manufacturer of automated water purification solutions for biomedical and life science applications, for $265 million. Based in Waterford, Wisc.