Indigenous

TORONTO — The price of oil has been on a steady climb all year, but the talk at Canada's biggest oil and gas conference is still focused on spending discipline.

OTTAWA — Canada's dental associations, which say some of their members are reluctant to participate in the national dental care plan, are in fact just negotiating with Ottawa over the program, says federal Health Minister Mark Holland.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has downgraded the conviction of Calgary man who drove over his wife with a cube van during an argument and left her to die alone on a snow-covered street.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A controversial wind-powered hydrogen development proposed for the west coast of Newfoundland has cleared its last hurdle with the provincial government.

Montreal Canadiens defenceman Arber Xhekaj will undergo season-ending left shoulder surgery on Wednesday, the club announced Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario is considering counting student residences toward its target of building 1.

MONTREAL — French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will visit Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal during a three-day trip to Canada that begins Wednesday. Attal will land in Ottawa where he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov.

CALGARY — The board chair of the Alberta Energy Regulator says he's stepping down from the job in September. David Goldie says it's a good time to take on new challenges as he approaches the five-year mark at the watchdog agency.

EDMONTON — A man and two women have been charged after Alberta RCMP investigated child abuse allegations spanning almost two decades.

UTICA — A women's world junior hockey championship will happen, but is at least five years away, says the International Ice Hockey Federation. Canada and the United States want that timeline shortened.