Indigenous

KAMLOOPS, B.C.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is making changes to criminal prosecutions to reduce the rise in violent crime.

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says 231 people, many of them children, have been infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 0157 after an outbreak this month at several Calgary daycares.

OTTAWA — NDP MP Charlie Angus will ask the natural resources committee to summon the CEO of oilsands giant Suncor when the House of Commons resumes next week.

MADISON, Wis.

TORONTO — Cineplex says last month brought the company's third highest August box office revenues of all time as "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" continued to be popular among moviegoers.

WINDSOR, Ont.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives promised Monday to phase out the province's payroll tax over eight years, while the New Democrats pledged more government contract work for bidders and workers in the province.

FREDERICTON — The latest changes made by the Education Department to New Brunswick's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools have made it more discriminatory, says the province's child and youth advocate.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed "strong concerns" over Canada's handling of the Punjabi independence movement among the overseas diaspora, on the same day thousands in Metro Vancouver's Sikh community gathered to vote on the matter.