Indigenous

OTTAWA — The search is on for the next leader of the Canadian Armed Forces — and it's long past time that a woman became chief of the defence staff, observers say. Canada has had 21 full-time defence chiefs since 1964, all of them men.

TORONTO — Joey Votto has agreed to a non-roster invite with the Toronto Blue Jays, the former National League MVP said on social media.

TORONTO — The CEOs of four of Canada's biggest banks received an average $11 million in compensation last year, despite most of them failing to meet performance targets.

Ontario's police watchdog says one man is dead and another has been arrested after exchanging gunfire with Ontario Provincial Police northeast of Greater Sudbury.

NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake McCabe and Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane were among the players issued fines by the NHL on Friday.

Longtime administrators Christine O’Connor and Leeta Sokalski have been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, the first women to be added to the builders section. O'Connor and Sokalski helped grow the game in Manitoba and B.C., respectively.

TORONTO — When Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin went into labour with her second child early, she was in the middle of grading her students' work. “My closest friend was telling me to go to the hospital.

TORONTO — Canada's largest documentary film festival says it faces financial pressures that have put its future in jeopardy.

REGINA — The 2025 men's world curling championship will be played in Moose Jaw, Sask. The city west of Regina will host the men's championship for the first time after the 1983 women's world championship was played there.

CALGARY — A three-week trial has been scheduled for next year in Calgary for an Alberta man accused of killing a teenage girl in 1976. Ronald James Edwards, 74, of Sundre, Alta., is set to appear before a judge and jury on March 3, 2025.