Indigenous

SAANICH, B.C. — The British Columbia government has set out its first set of targets for thousands of new homes to be built in 10 cities or municipalities in an effort to chip away at the provincial housing crisis.

TORONTO — The Montreal Alouettes can punch their ticket into the CFL playoffs this week. Montreal (7-7) will clinch a post-season berth Saturday if it can earn a road victory over Ottawa (4-10).

OTTAWA — Premier David Eby says federal ministers have assured him British Columbia will get the information it needs to ensure the safety of its residents after a Sikh leader was killed in June.

TORONTO — Canada's golf team believes it can win another medal at the Pan American Games. Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., and Étienne Papineau of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba New Democrats are promising to beef up support in education and health care for the province's francophone communities if elected on Oct. 3.

Alberta's New Democrat Opposition is asking the provincial government to step in and quash applications for coal mining exploration in the Rocky Mountains.

MONTREAL — The weapons used to murder three people in the Montreal area at random in August 2022 were homemade by the killer, an expert witness told a coroner's inquiry on Tuesday.

CARCROSS, Yukon — Yukon First Nation elder Sandra Johnson says the discovery of 15 potential graves near the site of a former residential school has “uncovered long-buried wounds.

TORONTO — Live Nation is making policy changes at some of its concert venues to give musicians a hand as they grapple with the rising costs of touring.

OTTAWA — The federal government says it's launching a review of the proposed acquisition of Viterra Ltd. by Bunge Ltd. Viterra is a grain-handling company owned by Swiss commodities giant Glencore, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and B.C.