Indigenous

TORONTO — Defence lawyers for a man accused of running over a Toronto police officer suggested Friday the officer's partner embellished her account of the events leading up to his death because she felt bad about what happened. Sgt.

Attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea could drive more shippers toward the Port of Vancouver after a year of record-high volumes, its CEO said.

OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. — The latest funding to flow through British Columbia's Community Housing Fund will add nearly 600 rental homes to communities in the Interior and northern B.C.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit his first home run as a Blue Jay to key a three-run second inning and Toronto defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-1 in spring training action Friday.

CHAPAIS, Que. — The pastor of a Cree Nation church and other people en route to medical appointments were among the victims of a head-on collision in rural Quebec on Thursday that killed five people.

SOOKE, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island say a man and a woman are in custody after a crash that led to the discovery of an "explosive device." RCMP in Sooke, B.C.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government issued a new, higher deficit projection Friday and announced financial audits of health authorities to crack down on what it called overspending.

OTTAWA — Veterans and advocates say the government's move to end the military's ability to prosecute sexual assault and similar crimes will push more cases into an already overburdened justice system, and won't solve the real problem.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved Friday an extension to a court order protecting Atlantic Canada's largest media company from a long list of creditors owed more than $90 million.

HALIFAX — A provincial health-care renovation project that has drawn pointed criticism from Nova Scotia’s auditor general is being turned over to a private company.