Indigenous

WINNIPEG — As the Manitoba election campaign hit the halfway mark Tuesday, the incumbent Progressive Conservatives again appeared to be playing defence. The provincial election is set for Oct. 3.

The shooting death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., in June has touched off a foreign affairs crisis between Canada and India over the Sikh leader's role in the Khalistan separatism movement. Here is what you need to know about the movement.

TORONTO — Gavin Ziv's journey at Tennis Canada started when he was a ballkid in 1987. It set him on a path that has led him to the top job at the national sport organization.

A detective who interviewed a man accused of murdering four members of a Muslim family in Ontario told a jury Tuesday he didn't think there was a problem with the accused's mental health while questioning him after the attack.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s health authority is facing four workplace safety charges for potentially exposing some employees at a Fredericton hospital to asbestos.

MONTREAL — A coroner has concluded that a Quebec father intentionally crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer in March, killing himself and two of his four children.

TORONTO — T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers defence brought a smile to a lot of Proline players Monday night. Watt returned a Deshaun Watson fumble 16 yards for a touchdown to rally Pittsburgh past the Cleveland Browns 26-22 on Monday night.

BOWLING GREEN, ONTARIO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford received a polite welcome Tuesday at a rural and farm expo, but underneath the smattering of applause and cheers lay a quiet undercurrent of anger about his plan to open parcels of protected Greenbel

GANDER, N.L. — A dentist who allowed a Newfoundland and Labrador corrections officer to extract teeth from a sedated inmate has pleaded guilty to assault. The Supreme Court clerk's office says Dr. Louis Bourget pleaded guilty on Monday in Gander, N.

TORONTO — The B.C. Lions have two shots to become the next team to clinch a CFL playoff berth. B.C. (9-4) can cement a post-season berth Friday night with a road win over the Edmonton Elks (4-10).