Indigenous

SALMO, B.C. — Mounties in southeastern British Columbia say the pilot of a small plane used Highway 6 as a runway after experiencing engine trouble.

OTTAWA — The trial for "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich heard Wednesday that she was the president of the corporation formed to manage donations to the protest, and some considered her president of the entire movement.

Olymel is closing two plants in Quebec and Ontario and accelerating the closure of another facility, affecting around 400 employees as the company says it continues to deal with market challenges.

CALGARY — A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash told a federal judge Wednesday that the Canada Border Services Agency should not have recommended his client be deported.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson defended her list of tax-cut promises Wednesday as her party pledged yet another round of tax relief if it is re-elected Oct. 3.

CALGARY — Alberta is spending an extra $16 million to fix up aging government-owned affordable housing units to make them inhabitable once again.

Ontario's education minister has asked a school board west of Toronto to immediately stop its so-called "weeding" of school libraries after concerns were raised about how it was carrying out the process of assessing and removing older books.

HENDERSON, Nev. — John Tavares could only watch and wait. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was still processing his team's second-round playoff exit when Kyle Dubas took the stage for an emotional end-of-season press conference.

OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Canada says a delegation has honoured the graves of Indigenous soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,278.94, up 55.86 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 26 cents, or 14.29 per cent, to $1.56 on 24.