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ST. WALBURG, Sask. — A veteran champion Canadian chuckwagon racer is suing a subsidiary of Husky Energy for almost $3.7 million over the death and injury of 16 horses from his racing team. Wayne Knight, 60, alleges Husky Oil Operations Ltd.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crimes showed a five per cent increase in 2015, led by a rise in the number of incidents directed at Muslims.

TORONTO — Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis has undergone a procedure to clean up cartilage in his right knee. The 26-year-old from West Palm Beach, Fla.

TORONTO — The loonie shot up Tuesday following fresh signals from the Bank of Canada that it's giving more thought to raising interest rates, while Toronto's main stock index continued its second day of declines. The Canadian dollar was up one U.S.

TORONTO — Ontario's second cap-and-trade auction sold out of its current allowances this month, bringing the program's total revenue so far to nearly $1 billion.

Halifax medical student William Sandeson lured Taylor Samson to his apartment and shot him in the back of the head during a drug deal as part of a scheme to alleviate his debt, a Crown lawyer argued Tuesday.

MONTREAL — After seemingly being frosty to the idea, Quebec liquor stores will carry a special cross-country craft beer pack that celebrates Canada's 150th birthday.

HALIFAX — Mervyn Wheatley arrived on dry ground Tuesday, looking forward to a Halifax lobster lunch, a flight home to his wife, and buying a new sailboat so he can race across the Atlantic again next year.

CALGARY — A judge has rejected most of the evidence against a couple accused of subjecting three orphaned siblings in their care to horrific abuse, but has convicted the woman on some charges.

VANCOUVER — A company responsible for catching chickens at farms in British Columbia's Fraser Valley says it has fired five employees after an animal rights group released video of alleged abuse.