Indigenous

OTTAWA — A 6-2 win over the best team in the National Hockey League is exactly what the Ottawa Senators needed for a confidence boost.

UTICA, N.Y. — Taylor Heise scored twice as Minnesota defeated Toronto in a Professional Women's Hockey League pre-season scrimmage on Tuesday. The final score was listed at 5-5, but Minnesota finished regulation up 5-4 before Toronto won a shootout.

VICTORIA — Hundreds of thousands of wild fish have died at British Columbia salmon farms in recent years, with an operator blaming the kills on the "learning curve" associated with new machinery to remove sea lice from stock.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Cameron Mercer scored twice, Matthew Sop and Hunter Brzustewicz each chipped in with two assists, and the Kitchener Rangers defeated the visiting Guelph Storm 5-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday night.

HALIFAX — For the second consecutive year, Nova Scotia's auditor general is calling for legislative oversight of spending sprees by the Progressive Conservative government that happen outside of the regular budget process.

OTTAWA — Hundreds of delegates listened intently Tuesday as the slate of candidates vying to take over leadership of the Assembly of First Nations pleaded their case one final time before the assembly decides their fate.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The visiting Cape Breton Eagles scored twice in the first period and got a 36-save performance from Jakub Milota to beat the Charlottetown Islanders 3-0 in the lone Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — Canada's public broadcaster is feeling the heat after its president declined to rule out the possibility of holiday bonuses this year, hours after announcing massive layoffs.

VANCOUVER — The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan to attract more health-care workers.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around 6:20 p.m.