Indigenous

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Oliver Bonk remembers every word of the call. His dad, former NHL player Radek Bonk, was on the other end of the line. Oliver shared some big news — he had made Canada's roster for the world junior hockey championship.

OBERSTDORF, Germany — Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate started 2024 off with a World Cup silver medal Monday. The 22-year-old Calgarian finished second to Austria's Eva Pinkelnig.

MONTREAL — Marie-Philip Poulin is setting high expectations.

TORONTO — The Professional Women's Hockey League rule book released hours before its first game Monday features a short-handed goal ending a power-play for the opposing team.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Alan Letang was on the edge of his seat as an assistant coach in the press box.

EDMONTON — A passenger who fell out the back door of an Edmonton Transit bus last week has died. City police announced the news in a short statement Monday.

SURREY, B.C. — One person has died in a house fire in Surrey, B.C., Mounties say they found the home fully engulfed in flames when officers arrived at around 7 a.m. on New Year's Day, adding the blaze was being contained by fire crews on scene.

OCOSINGO, Mexico (AP) — Members and supporters of the Zapatista indigenous rebel movement celebrated the 30th anniversary of their brief armed uprising in southern Mexico on Monday even as their social base erodes and violence spurred by drug cartels

As one province pauses the gas tax to provide savings at the pumps, another is bringing it back. The Manitoba government says that starting Monday, motorists won't have to pay 14 cents per litre in fuel tax for the next six months.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers.