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WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson, the first woman to have held the province's top office, is resigning her legislature seat, ending a 23-year career in politics.

Chelsea Carey wants to be clear. She's not trying to fill Jennifer Jones's curling shoes. Carey has been handed the skipping reins of Jones's young team ranked second in Canada and fourth in the world.

VANTAA, Finland — Gavin McKenna scored twice in the span of one minute and 45 seconds in the first period as Canada opened with a 6-3 win over Sweden on Thursday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship.

MONTREAL — Two women who were sexually assaulted by the same foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Quebec City, their lawyer said Thursday.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Family members of a Saskatchewan man who was shot by his lover told court they will never understand why he was killed by the former Mountie.

A lawyer representing the estate of Tupac Shakur sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake on Wednesday after he used an AI-generated likeness of the late rapper's voice in a diss track.

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Sex Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as a teenager while she was a movie extra more than 40 years ago. A B.C.

Bob Cole, the legendary voice of Canadian hockey for over five decades, died Wednesday at 90 in St. John's, N.L.

OTTAWA — Canada's auto industry is experiencing a renaissance as it transitions from building gas-powered vehicles to ones that run on batteries, but some are raising the alarm over the protection of local jobs.

MONTREAL — TFI International Inc. says its net income for the first quarter was US$92.8 million, down from US$111.9 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based transportation and logistics company says revenue totalled US$1.87 billion, up from US$1.