"Mr. Hockey: My Story," a new book by Gordie Howe, hits the shelves Oct. 14. The 86-year-old Howe, who has a form of dementia, is not doing media interviews to promote the book. However, publisher Viking has provided exclusively to The Canadian Press the text of a Q and A between Howe and Wayne Gretzky, which was conducted by email in September.
HALIFAX - Former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children who allege they were abused at the Halifax orphanage for years are set to receive an apology today from Premier Stephen McNeil.
VANCOUVER - Fifteen years as leader of the B.C. Federation of Labour is enough for Jim Sinclair, who will not be seeking re-election of the organization that speaks for 500,000 union members.
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - An 11-year-old boy who was stabbed on an athletic field in Newfoundland is recovering at home and talking to his mother about playing soccer again.
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says the Harper government's $550 million small business job credit will only create 200 net new jobs next year and another 600 in 2016.
QUEBEC - Pierre Karl Peladeau is rejecting calls that he sell his controlling stake in Quebecor Inc. as he ponders a bid for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois.