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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold at five per cent on Wednesday.

SASKATOON — The Canada Infrastructure Bank has signed a $100-million deal with the First Nations Bank of Canada to help Indigenous communities borrow money to build infrastructure.

OTTAWA — The Canada Council for the Arts has named this year's eight winners of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Each recipient will be awarded a medallion and $25,000.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of Inuit artists have sketched polar bears. Only one is likely to have sketched polar bears sketching people. She may also be the only Inuk to have drawn hunters taking aim at a walrus the size of an apartment block.

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RICHMOND, B.C. — Tony Li was unequivocal when asked if he had ever discussed drugs with his university-age daughter. "It has never even crossed my mind," said Li, a resident of Richmond, B.C.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Berkly Catton had three goals and two assists as the Spokane Chiefs defeated the Victoria Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night in the Western Hockey League.

WINNIPEG — Justin Schultz hopes getting tough back-to-back victories is the spark the Seattle Kraken need to keep pushing hard for a playoff spot.

As a young girl, Shania Twain says she used to make her own dolls, modelled after Barbie. Her family couldn't afford to buy her the real deal, Twain says, so she took matters into her own hands.

REGINA — Tyler Smith was not yet born when a Prince Edward Island team last reached the playoffs at the Canadian men's curling championship.