Indigenous

OTTAWA — Canada's corporate-ethics watchdog is investigating if Walmart, Hugo Boss and Diesel have forced labour in their supply chains.

MONTREAL — For Jas Singh, the road to profit just keeps getting narrower. “It’s slow right now, not too many loads," said the owner of JK Transport, a Brampton-based trucking company Singh launched 15 years ago.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have re-signed defenceman Evan Bouchard on a two-year contract worth US$3.9 million annually, the team announced Thursday. Bouchard, 23, had eight goals and 32 assists in 82 games for the Oilers last season.

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. has signed a deal to sell its North Dakota assets to a private operator for about $675 million in cash.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is launching an advertising campaign urging residents to prepare for hurricane season, as meteorologists monitor a tropical storm that could pick up steam as it moves up the Atlantic coast.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow presented on Thursday what she called a "first step" in her bid to build 25,000 affordable rental homes, in addition to those already planned for the city.

HALIFAX — Nearly one year after Nova Scotia's Fisheries Department treated a lake with chemicals to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass, there are early signs of success.

LAVAL, Que. — A Montreal-area company has come up with a novel — if extreme — way to boost employee happiness: buying them a private island.

Fran Forsberg fought years ago for a gender marker to be removed from her child's birth certificate. Now up against the Saskatchewan Party government's pronoun and naming changes in schools, she says she's prepared to fight again.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has applied for regulatory approval for a potential minority interest sale of its Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) system, one that could include possible participation from Indigenous groups.