Indigenous

MONTREAL — An Old Montreal soup kitchen operating since 1877 says it has secured funding from the Quebec government to keep offering hundreds of daily hot meals through at least March.

LAVAL, Que. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it has completed its acquisition of certain European retail assets from French oil giant TotalEnergies SE.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have released American wide receiver Steven Dunbar Jr., the CFL club announced Wednesday. Dunbar had 39 receptions for 536 yards and a team-leading five touchdowns in 13 games for the Elks last season.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Crown prosecutor's office says the mother of a one-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Tuesday has been charged with allegedly abducting her child.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is clarifying that he and his family are vacationing in Jamaica "at no cost at a location owned by family friends," after initially saying the family was paying for their stay.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,818.58, down 53.56 points): Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Down 72 cents, or 0.84 per cent, to $84.97 on 10.

WINNIPEG — RCMP say an Air Canada flight was diverted to Winnipeg after a teenage passenger assaulted a family member.

HALIFAX — A former student at Acadia Divinity College has filed a lawsuit against the school in Wolfville, N.S.

An Ontario woman who became ill after eating cantaloupe is the lead plaintiff in a second proposed class-action lawsuit filed over cantaloupe-linked salmonella infections across the country.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc.'s share price jumped Wednesday as the company reported its fourth quarter oil output was its second-highest quarter ever.