Indigenous

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada ended the year with another interest rate hold as the economy slows and forecasters speculate on the timing of rate cuts in 2024.

Charlie McAvoy is happy to have it in his tool belt. The art of landing a reverse hit — when a player, usually a defenceman, with the puck initiates contact before an opponent looking to do the same — is fairly straightforward.

TORONTO — The decision to move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place was based on incomplete information and took into consideration the parking needs of a privately owned waterpark and spa, the province's auditor general said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Maple Leafs defenceman John Klingberg's season is over.

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich has long been aware of the fierce support for the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats as both an adversary and as part of the family.

TORONTO — Durham Regional Police have released body camera footage showing the capture of a kangaroo that escaped from its handlers east of Toronto last week. The four-and-a-half minute video, which has a timecode of 7:10 a.m.

VANCOUVER — Canada coach Bev Priestman exits a difficult year with a broad smile on her face. The 10th-ranked Canadian women ride into 2024 on a three-game winning streak, having won five of six outings since a disappointing World Cup.

TORONTO — "Letterkenny" creator and star Jared Keeso has signed a multi-year content deal to develop spinoffs and new series for Crave. The deal comes as the 12th and final season of "Letterkenny" is set to premiere Dec. 25.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds and wil

NORWAY HOUSE CREE NATION — RCMP have made two more arrests in the stabbing death of a teen in a northern Manitoba First Nation. Police found a 15-year-old boy with injuries at home in Norway House Cree Nation early on Dec. 2.