Thursday January 12-930AM

HALIFAX — The head of a provincial body that governs organized hockey in Nova Scotia is touting a new educational program that targets players after a series of hazing incidents and assaults have rocked the sport.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will table legislation in the fall to indefinitely exclude people who solely suffer from mental illness from medical assistance in dying.

CALGARY — The seeds for a new Canadian energy "powerhouse" were planted in the summer of last year, when trade tensions with the United States were escalating, Ottawa's push for new nation-building infrastructure was accelerating and two corporations on either side of the country stood at a crossroads.

REIM, Israel (AP) — Israelis gathered Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living in dire conditions.