Indigenous

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is expanding a fast-tracked immigration program to include international students who want to become paramedics and pharmacy technicians, in its latest move to address health worker shortages.

TORONTO — Autoworkers in the U.S. ramped up their strike Friday in a move that's expected to have knock-on effects for Canadian parts producers.

For most of the year, Mitch Hupé is an IT specialist with a division of the Manitoba government. But the 28-year-old from Winnipeg moonlights on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. And he is having a ball.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Communities hit last year by post-tropical storm Fiona can access $9 million in federal funding to help bolster facilities that can offer refuge to residents affected by the next big storm.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew appears to be urging his supporters to not be complacent. Opinion polls suggest the NDP has a strong lead over the governing Progressive Conservatives heading into the Oct.

OTTAWA — Any changes the new owner of the Ottawa Senators will make will be through the lens of the fan. And that includes building a new arena.

VANCOUVER — Much of British Columbia will welcome the first week of fall with wet, cool conditions after enduring a summer of drought. Autumn officially begins at 11:50 p.m.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s poor road form will once again be put to the test as it closes out a busy week against Atlanta on Saturday evening.

TORONTO — The escalating tension between Canada and India is jeopardizing delicate trade and investment relationships that the two sides have been working for years to advance, business leaders said.

TORONTO — The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement with the government for the education workers it represents. The union does not yet have a deal for its 80,000 teacher members.