Indigenous

CALGARY — Knowing what it takes to defend a national women's figure skating championship has Madeline Schizas feeling prepared to do it again. Winner of two straight titles, the 20-year-old from Oakville, Ont.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — It has been one week since a judge in New Brunswick cleared Walter Gillespie of a murder charge that hung over him for half his 80 years. But as he looked around his dark, cramped apartment in Saint John, N.B.

SASKATOON — A lawyer representing a Saskatchewan First Nation says an investigation into the statutory release of a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others should be made public ahead of a coroner’s inquest into the stabbing rampage.

SASKATOON — Alexander Suzdalev had a hat trick and an assist in his second game of the season to lead the Saskatoon Blades to a 7-2 win over the Vancouver Giants on Wednesday night in the Western Hockey League.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Montreal Canadiens prospect Owen Beck went off for two goals and four assists in his Saginaw debut to help the Spirit trounce the Windsor Spitfires 11-3 on Wednesday night in the Ontario Hockey League.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora said Wednesday that a local Cucapah Indigenous leader, Aronia Wilson, has been found dead.

GATINEAU, Que. — Jérémie Minville scored the overtime winner to cap a 5-4 Gatineau Olympiques comeback win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday night in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.

Edmonton police arrested one man and two women Wednesday as they dismantled a homeless encampment, including a reporter who had been covering the issue.

LOS ANGELES — Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam will miss Wednesday night's road game against the Los Angeles Clippers with back spasms, the team announced before tip-off. Siakam had yet to miss any of Toronto's 37 games this season.