Indigenous

TORONTO — Auto sales jumped 11.8 per cent in 2023 compared with the year before as vehicle supply continued to improve, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. The report says it was the biggest year-over-year increase in sales since 1997.

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HALIFAX — A homeless man who died at a Halifax encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents, his lawyer said Wednesday.

BARREN LANDS FIRST NATION — One person is dead after a fire tore through a home in a remote First Nation in northwestern Manitoba. Mounties say they received a report of a house fire in Barren Lands First Nation on Monday.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays December home sales rose compared with a year earlier as the region closed out 2023 with balanced market conditions despite high borrowing costs.

LONDON — Canadian international defender Shelina Zadorsky has joined West Ham United on loan from Tottenham until the end of the season. The 31-year-old from London, Ont.

TORONTO — Fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries are increasing in Toronto and pose a "significant risk," the city's fire chief said after a blaze aboard a subway train demonstrated how quickly flames sparked by a faulty battery can spread.

Nolan Thiessen has gone from decorated athlete to Canadian curling's big chair. The 43-year-old from Pilot Mound, Man., was introduced Wednesday as Curling Canada's chief executive officer.

OTTAWA — Canada and some of its allies are warning the Houthis that they will bear responsibility for the consequences of their continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

TORONTO — Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system.