Indigenous

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months.

Ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier knew the Hawaiian channel he planned to swim had plenty of sharks, but he should have been worried about the jellyfish. Pelletier, who's from Kelowna, B.C.

OTTAWA — A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget just weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get the green light.

TORONTO — When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden.

MONTREAL — Deanna Stellato-Dudek etched her name into the history books on Thursday night, proving her age is just a number. Stellato-Dudek captured gold alongside Canadian pairs partner Maxime Deschamps at the world figure skating championships.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks biggest stars were conspicuously absent from the scoresheet Thursday. It didn't matter.

BRANDON, Man. — Brett Hyland capped a run of four unanswered goals for Brandon and the Wheat Kings earned a 5-3 comeback win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Thursday in Western Hockey League action.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Mason Zebeski scored the go-ahead goal and had an assist as the Mississauga Steelheads used a three-goal third-period to come back and top the Niagara IceDogs 3-1 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers flipped a switch Thursday night and showed the team they believe themselves to be.

A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry's biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot producers.