Indigenous

Government websites in four provinces and territories were shut down Thursday, with at least two jurisdictions blaming cyberattacks for their outages. Websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut were all inaccessible. P.E.I.

MONTREAL — A group of Indigenous women were in Quebec Superior Court on Thursday trying to stop drilling and excavation at the former site of a hospital where they say unmarked graves may be located, and where McGill University is expanding its downt

OTTAWA — A "blunt instrument" like the notwithstanding clause has no place in the debate over what parents are entitled to know from schools about their child's gender identity, Canada's justice minister said Thursday.

REGINA — Tre Ford believes there might be an element of surprise when he leads the Edmonton Elks onto the field Friday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

MISSISSAUGA — A school board west of Toronto is facing calls to be more transparent about the so-called "weeding" of its libraries amid concerns some books are being removed from collections solely because they were published before 2008.

A man convicted of manslaughter in the death of an Indigenous woman after throwing a trailer hitch at her from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been released on day parole, two years into his eight-year sentence.

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties say a man has been convicted in the United Kingdom for sex crimes committed against young girls, including a 12-year-old from Surrey, B.C.

Tired of its sports drink business weighing on its books, Canopy Growth Corp. is making moves to shed the division. The Smiths Falls, Ont.

WINNIPEG — The economy and health care continued to dominate the Manitoba election campaign Thursday, with the Progressive Conservatives promising another tax break and the New Democrats promising to reopen a closed health facility.

BOLOGNA, Italy — Canada extended its undefeated run in the group stage of Davis Cup finals with a second win in as many days Thursday.