Indigenous

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Buffy Sainte-Marie is pushing back on a news report that questions her Indigenous heritage, maintaining she has never lied about her identity. The iconic singer, songwriter and activist says the recent CBC report was full of mistakes and omissions.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 07, 12, 13, 17, 20 & 36.

Liam Ruck scored his first goal in his first ever Western Hockey League game for the Medicine Hat Tigers in an 8-0 win over the visiting Regina Pats on Wednesday. The Tigers selected Ruck of Osoyoos, B.C.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it posted a $105-million surplus in the 2022-23 fiscal year, $65 million more than it predicted.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Felix Gagnon had a goal and an assist for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the host Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

FLINT, Mich. — Defenceman Rodwin Dionicio scored twice in the first period for the Saginaw Spirit in a 6-3 doubling of the Flint Firebirds in Wednesday's lone game in the Ontario Hockey League.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Alison Levine led a four-medal day in boccia with a gold medal, while Canada's wheelchair rugby team advanced to the final with a win over Brazil on Wednesday at the 2023 Parapan American Games.

The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to combat the housing crisis to include 13 more communities.