Indigenous

TORONTO — Ontario's highest court has rejected an attempt by controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson to challenge a regulatory body’s order that he undergo social media training or potentially lose his licence to practise.

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee intends to seek testimony from the federal ethics watchdog on rules regarding gifts, vacations and travel as controversy swirls around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent trip to Jamaica.

Amazon MGM Studios says it’s setting up a production hub in Toronto as part of a multi-year plan to expand its Canadian footprint.

CALGARY — CEO pay in the oil and gas sector has soared with the industry's post-pandemic resurgence and will likely increase even more with the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion this year, a new report projects.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government's 22nd agreement aimed at speeding up construction of new housing during a visit Wednesday to southern New Brunswick.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Environment officials in P.E.I. say an investigation of a recent fuel spill in Charlottetown harbour has confirmed the smell of diesel on the ice and in the water of a nearby cove.

A new study traces the 1,000-kilometre journey of a woolly mammoth from western Yukon to the interior of Alaska, where she died about 14,000 years ago, seemingly in the prime of her life, near a hunting camp for some of the region's earliest humans.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have transferred forward Simon Becher to Danish side AC Horsens, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. The Whitecaps will retain a percentage of future transfer fees as part of the move.

TORONTO — Peter Nygard and his high-profile defence lawyer parted ways Wednesday as the former Canadian fashion mogul awaits sentencing on four counts of sexual assault in Toronto and prepares for criminal trials in two other provinces.

MANNHEIM, Germany — Tyler Ennis has called time on his hockey career. The former NHL winger made the announcement Wednesday via his German club after suffering a neck injury in November.