Indigenous News

TORONTO — While the signing of former Newcastle midfielder Matty Longstaff brings Toronto FC to its senior roster limit of 30, coach John Herdman says the MLS club isn't done dealing. "I think anything's possible," Herdman said after training Friday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps' season started early. A shortened pre-season due to CONCACAF Champions Cup action in January and February meant the Whitecaps were back on the field sooner than in previous years.

The plan was meant to help first-time buyers by having the government take on partial ownership of their property.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) says February home sales were up nearly 23 per cent from last year as new listings rose. The board says sales totalled 2,135 units, while the volume of sales in dollars rose 41.3 per cent to $1.

CALGARY — A man accused of sexually assaulting seven women from Calgary may be getting a new lawyer after his trial came to a halt a month ago.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says Ottawa will spend another $58.8 million to continue the Local Journalism Initiative until 2027.

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Sarah Mitton set a Canadian record and claimed the gold medal in women's shot put at the world athletics indoor championships on Friday. Mitton's record throw, on her sixth and final attempt, measured 20.22 metres.

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO — The prospective adoptive parents of a 12-year-old boy who was found dead in a Burlington, Ont., home more than a year ago have been charged with first-degree murder, police said Thursday.

Halifax officials delivered on a promise Friday to cut electricity to the dozen or so people living in a homeless encampment set up last fall outside city hall. As of 9 a.m.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly is denying allegations that he harassed a former employee of the CFL club.