Indigenous

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government and a prominent art gallery are removing honours for Ferdinand Eckhardt over concerns he was a Nazi supporter in the 1930s before moving to Winnipeg.

REGINA — A Saskatchewan judge has begun hearing a legal challenge over a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.

Executives at Aritzia Inc. are leaning on a slew of new and upcoming stores to help boost business in its upcoming fiscal year.

MONTREAL — Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé had mostly bad news Wednesday as he provided an update on the province's overtaxed emergency room network.

Chicago Blackhawks rookie star Connor Bedard will be out of the lineup six-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his broken jaw, the NHL club announced Wednesday.

OTTAWA — A judge is expected to hear sharply differing arguments this week about the punishment he should hand to former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed Canadian offensive lineman Brett Boyko two a two-year contract extension Wednesday. Boyko was slated to become a free agent next month.

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HALIFAX — The first of 200 single-unit pallet shelters purchased to help Nova Scotia’s homeless population are expected to be ready for occupancy sometime next month, a provincial government official confirmed Wednesday.

SALMO, B.C. — Police say a 42-year-old man from Trail, B.C., has been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen vehicle that hit three police cars and injured an officer at a roadblock. Mounties say an officer in Salmo, B.C.