Indigenous

TORONTO — Hockey Canada says a new independent third-party complaint mechanism received information on almost 1,900 potential cases of maltreatment during its first season.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia law that allows certain agencies to take over the affairs of abused, neglected or incapacitated adults is under scrutiny by the province's human rights commissioner and B.C.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy shrank in the third quarter as higher rates weighed on consumer and business spending, but has so far managed to skirt a recession after a significant upward revision to second quarter GDP figures.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group said it's cutting three per cent of staff and setting more money aside for souring loans as it reported fourth quarter results that reflect a deteriorating economic picture.

TORONTO — RBC chief executive Dave McKay made some of his most forceful comments yet on the importance of the federal government approving the bank's $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada as the deal attracts rising opposition.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An inmate at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail says the facility has been unable to offer dental services for at least five months.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to stop collecting the federal carbon levy on electric heat starting Jan. 1.

LANGFORD, B.C. — While Olympic champion Canada celebrates captain Christine Sinclair's international swansong with a Summer Games berth already secured, Australia is still focused on getting to Paris. The 11th-ranked Matildas, who face No.

A wave of layoffs last year, which left thousands of Canadian workers jobless, is continuing this year as recession predictions loom and the tech sector downturn deepens.

TORONTO — Robert Lepage and Guillaume Cote have reimagined "Hamlet" without one of its most famous features: the script.