Indigenous

Alysha Newman has her sights set on crossing an even higher bar. The 29-year-old London, Ont., native is just a week removed from resetting her national record in the women's pole vault in Rouen, France, at 4.83 metres.

OTTAWA — New visa requirements Ottawa is imposing on Mexican nationals are meant to curb the number of asylum claims in Canada as well as stem the flow of people crossing into the United States, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday.

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OTTAWA — The federal government will repurpose $10.5 billion over the next three years from the budgets of 69 departments, agencies and Crown corporations, Treasury Board President Anita Anand said Thursday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained more than 100 points Thursday, boosted by gains in energy stocks, while U.S. markets also rose. The gains south of the border closed out February with more all-time highs for U.S.

Quebec City's Jade Masson-Wong is a self-proclaimed adrenalin junky who isn't fazed by the sight of blood and likes putting on a show.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools Thursday to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system.

TORONTO — CIBC and TD Bank wrapped a round of quarterly bank results Thursday that, like the Canadian economy itself, largely beat what were fairly low expectations.

OTTAWA — Canada's public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that a request to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's budget for the next fiscal year was one reason they announced layoffs for 10 per cent of staff.

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. — The Lion Electric Co. says it is laying off 100 more employees or about seven per cent of its total workforce in a move to reduce costs.