Indigenous

OTTAWA — Foreign meddling attempts didn't change who won the last two federal elections in Canada, but may have changed the result in one riding in 2021, a public inquiry concluded Friday.

EDMONTON — Police in Edmonton have discovered a body in the charred remains of an apartment almost three months after a fire. The victim has been identified as 70-year-old Ricardo Olivares.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group could be hit with more severe penalties than previously expected, says a banking analyst, after a report that the investigation it faces in the U.S. is tied to laundering illicit fentanyl profits.

CALGARY — A major Alberta utility has cancelled a large wind power project in response to new government rules on where such developments can be built.

Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed former NFL receiver Preston Williams on Friday. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.

VICTORIA — A hacker demanded ransom money after obtaining data from a server used by libraries throughout British Columbia, but a system manager who responded to the incident saysthe leak was limitedand the issue was fixed immediately.

OTTAWA — Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis.

OTTAWA — Foreign interference by China did not affect the overall results of the 2019 and 2021 general elections won by Justin Trudeau's Liberals, a federal commission of inquiry has found.

SINGAPORE — Canada's women evened their record at the Singapore Sevens with a 28-7 win over Spain after opening with a 5-0 loss to Ireland.