Indigenous

HALIFAX — Donnie Fletcher can't comprehend why his small community doesn't have quality cellular service so that locals can be warned of oncoming danger, as another hurricane bears down on the Maritimes. The 74-year-old lives in New Salem, N.S.

TRURO, N.S. — Two teens have been charged with attempted murder after they allegedly struck and seriously injured a Nova Scotia RCMP officer with a car early Sunday morning.

A group of health-care workers and patients have turned to Federal Court in an effort to overturn Health Canada's rejection of their request to use a restricted psychedelic drug for professional training.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city has taken a "huge step" toward "housing attainability" by approving multiplex units in single-family neighbourhoods, but critics of the plan argue the step is little more than a shuffle.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he is not going anywhere, despite dissent earlier this year from within his Progressive Conservative party.

Signs of Katherine and Michelle Plouffe's competitiveness stem all the way back to before they were old enough to play on a basketball team.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The mayor of Saint John, N.B., says a fire at a metal recycling plant has been contained and the citywide shelter-in-place advisory is now lifted.

TORONTO — An organization representing more than 150 Canadian tech companies is calling on the country to take a sensitive but speedy approach to artificial intelligence.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is planning to use next week's United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.6 per cent to $71.9 billion in July, boosted by higher sales of food products, petroleum and coal products and transportation equipment. The increase followed at 2.0 per cent decline in June.