Indigenous

TORONTO — Jurors in a coroner's inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago issued dozens of recommendations Thursday in an effort to prevent similar deaths in the future.

TORONTO — The municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario are telling Education Minister Stephen Lecce that an $85.5-million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-day program at risk.

MONTPELLIER, France — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament with a razor-thin 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4) win over local favourite Arthur Cazaux on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has yet to tackle systemic causes of youth suicide and addictions despite attempting to address dozens of recommendations put forth by the province's child and youth advocate, a report from her office suggests.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a 57-year-old man is dead after a Cessna 172 plane crashed in Western Quebec early Thursday.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says its sale of Player One Amusement Group has been completed. The movie theatre chain announced the sale in November of its arcade game business to OpenGate Capital.

MONTREAL — Matias Coccaro says he loves scoring goals. That will come as welcome news to a CF Montreal side that sorely needed them last season.

Quebec Premier François Legault says his Coalition Avenir Québec party will no longer accept donations amid mounting allegations that mayors were pushed to pay for access to cabinet ministers.

TORONTO — The 2026 World Cup tournament path will become a little clearer Sunday with a televised reveal on some schedule details.

The preliminary 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for CONCACAF was conducted last week at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. The draw lays out the qualifying path for 32 teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Canada, Mexico and the U.S.