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OTTAWA - The head of an organization representing automakers said he's "cautiously optimistic" after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge him to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate.

ST. JOHN'S - Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province's nascent renewable energy industry.

COMOX - A Vancouver Island councillor and family doctor has announced his candidacy for the B.C. Green Party leadership.

British Columbia's attorney general says the government has received a report from a retired judge on ways to improve safety and security at events after 11 people were killed and many more injured at a Vancouver festival.

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it's finishing the last fiscal year with a $249-million deficit. 

TORONTO - A new report by the ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ Federation of Independent Business says progress has been made on removing trade barriers within Canada, but it adds that the patchwork of approaches could create new issues.

TORONTO - As the U.S. government takes big steps to usher cryptocurrency into mainstream finance, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges is urging the ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ government to match and exceed those efforts, even as concerns mount.