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OTTAWA — Canada says it will host the G7 summit next year in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The announcement comes as this year's leaders' meeting continues in Apulia, Italy.

A man sought by police in a homicide investigation is facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder after being arrested earlier this week.

HAMILTON — Jamal Peters could return just in time to face the buzz saw that is Shawn Bane Jr. The veteran cornerback resumed practising this week with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., say a woman has been charged in the alleged abduction of her eight-year-old son. Investigators say the alleged abduction was reported around 4 p.m.

TORONTO — Red Lobster Canada will ask an Ontario court next week to recognize a stalking horse bid from its lenders and approve a sales process for its assets.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 2.4 per cent to $83.3 billion in April.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.1 per cent to $70.8 billion in April, helped by gains in sales of transportation equipment, primary metals and chemical products. The increase followed a decline of 1.8 per cent in March.

OTTAWA — Canada's minister of defence says the federal government is committed to supporting Ukraine. Bill Blair is meeting with members of NATO in the Belgian capital of Brussels.

TORONTO — Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto's waterfront, The Canadian Press has learned.

The CEOs of Canada's five biggest banks stuck to the message that they're committed to help in the energy transition as they were questioned by a parliamentary committee Thursday about their impacts on climate change.