Indigenous

Wayne Johnston is the winner of this year’s Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The novelist’s memoir “Jennie’s Boy,” published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, took home the $25,000 prize.

CALGARY — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says he has been made aware of additional daycare sites in Calgary where children have tested positive for E.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats received contributions from their offence, defence and special teams in their upset win against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The BC Wildfire Service says crews are responding to two "highly visible" out of control wildfires in the Pemberton, B.C., area.

TORONTO — Another year, another $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile win for Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick. Buick rode Irish-bred Master of The Seas to an impressive 3 3/4-length victory Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.

MONTREAL — Progressive politicians hoping to triumph over right-leaning political adversaries can only succeed if they can do a better job bridging their lofty goals with people's day-to-day struggles, Canada's Prime Minister said Saturday.

EUGENE, Ore. — Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton backed up her world championship silver medal with another silver Saturday in Diamond League. The 27-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., finished second to Chase Ealey of the U.S. in Eugene, Ore.

A powerful cyclone brought flooded roadways, toppled trees and downed power lines to parts of the Maritimes Saturday as it swept past the western tip of Nova Scotia and headed toward New Brunswick.

VANCOUVER — A firefighter was injured after an aggressive fire in Vancouver's downtown early Saturday caused a ceiling to collapse onto him.

BOLOGNA, Italy — Defending champion Canada is into the Davis Cup quarterfinals after a dominant performance in the group stage of finals. The Canadians downed Chile 2-1 on Saturday after sweeping the host Italians and Sweden in Bologna.