Indigenous

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Kerri Einarson earned a playoff spot at the Grand Slam of Curling's HearingLife Tour Challenge with a wild 7-5 win over Rachel Homan on Friday.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Matthew Sop had two goals an assist as the Kitchener Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 victory over the Owen Sound Attack on Friday.

RED DEER, Alta. — Two men are dead and a woman is in hospital after a car crash on a highway near Red Deer, Alta. RCMP say they received reports of a two-vehicle collision Friday morning on Highway 2, south of McKenzie Road.

TORONTO — New Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic got to see Toronto's rotation for about three whole quarters.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Justin Poirier had two goals and an assist, Justin Gill added a goal and three helpers and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar topped the Shawinigan Cataractes 8-4 on Friday.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — A cardiology clinic in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, has opted out of the publicly funded health-care system after it struggled to meet its costs under the province's fee structure. Dr.

TORONTO — Former Canada captain Jamie Cudmore has been put in charge of the Toronto Arrows academy in the role of director and head coach.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged divergent views, and common fears, among his Liberal MPs over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, when he also faced an unfriendly crowd during a visit to a mosque.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday vetoed the core aspects of a bill passed by Congress that threatened to undo protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights.

OTTAWA — India's move to reduce the presence of Canadian diplomats in its country is "contrary to international law" and the rest of the world should be concerned about its consequences, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.