Indigenous

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will meet provincial and territorial finance ministers later this week to discuss the possibility of Alberta's withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan.

HAMILTON — James Butler has given the Hamilton Tiger-Cats something they haven't had since 2010 but he certainly had to work for it the last half of the regular season.

MONTREAL — From his offices on the 34th floor of 1 Place Ville Marie, Martin Imbleau has a nearly panoramic view of Montreal.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens say forward Kirby Dach is expected to be ready for the start of the next NHL season after undergoing knee surgery.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is inching closer to balancing its books, according to a fiscal update on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a 5.7-cent cut to the gas tax until next summer, Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday. The government launched the cut in July 2022 and has extended it several times since, and now the reduction – along with a 5.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups didn’t hold back in his vision of what Shaedon Sharpe could develop into in the NBA. Portland selected Sharpe, of London, Ont., seventh overall in 2022.

THORBURN, N.S. — A 61-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with murder after a woman was attacked with an axe on Monday in Thorburn, N.S.

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — South Yorkshire Police say the investigation into the death of hockey player Adam Johnson remains ongoing and will likely "take some time.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy may have entered a technical recession as high interest rates weigh on consumer spending, preliminary data from Statistics Canada suggests.