Indigenous News

TORONTO — A documentary series challenging problematic beliefs about Canada’s Black history and another centring the life experience of 11 First Nations in Quebec are among the latest additionsto the Toronto International Film Festival lineup.

EDMONTON — The Canada Border Services Agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year.

Phil Berna and Olivia Apps will captain the Canadian sides looking to secure Olympic qualification at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens this weekend in Langford, B.C.

Police say a 25-year-old man is dead after he drowned in Lake Ontario over the weekend. Provincial police say they got a call for a person who appeared to be in distress Saturday afternoon near a pier in Cobourg, a town located east of Toronto.

Ottawa's light-rail transit service has fully resumed after a month-long hiatus. A fleet of between nine to 13 single-car trains — varying with ridership peaks — will run along the entirety of the LRT's east-west line for the rest of August.

TORONTO — Ontario spent about $766 million more than planned in the first quarter of this fiscal year, but the province's bottom line is the same since nearly all of that new spending came from contingency funds.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Norwegian energy giant Equinor has hired a drilling rig to look for more oil off the coast of Newfoundland.

MONTREAL — Denis Shapovalov is one of four players that has been named to Canada's Davis Cup team for the international tennis competition's upcoming group stage. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

MONTREAL — Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced plans to spend $200 million to grow its production capacity at its plant in Montreal to help meet increased demand in Eastern Canada.

TORONTO — Oxford Properties Group says it will spend $28 million to redevelop Yorkdale mall's main corridor and food court.