Indigenous

OTTAWA — The emergency lane on the street along Parliament Hill was blocked by trucks that had chained themselves together during the "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa last year, the city's emergency services manager told the court Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Several parents say they were left with serious doubts after a tense Tuesday evening information session about a supervised drug-use site opening near their children's Montreal elementary school. Marie-Ève Bourrelle was among them.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre introduced a private member's bill in the House of Commons Wednesday that outlines a plan to address the national housing crisis.

FREDERICTON — As protesters squared off Wednesday outside the legislature over the province's school gender identity policy, Premier Blaine Higgs met with participants on just one side of the divide — those who support his government's restrictions.

MONTREAL — Canada's biggest airline says an unauthorized group briefly breached an internal system linked to the personal information and records of some employees.

WINNIPEG — Rick Bowness has moved on from being criticized by some Winnipeg Jets at the end of his first season as head coach.

MONTREAL — A pilot escaped with minor injuries after crashing a small plane while trying to land on a busy highway near Montreal Wednesday afternoon. Quebec provincial police say they were called at about 1:40 p.m.

TORONTO — Weakness in energy and mining stocks outweighed strength elsewhere on Canada's main stock index Wednesday, which lost just a handful of points, while U.S. markets fell near the end of the day after the U.S.

VANCOUVER — From the top of hockey operations to how its farm team trains and plays, the Vancouver Canucks maintain they're all aligned heading into the start of the new NHL season.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,214.69, down 4.20 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 20 cents, or 14.49 per cent, to $1.18 on 16.