Third-year Indigenous social-work student Audra Cochrane says that attending First Nations University in Regina has changed her life.

Ms. Cochrane, who is from George Gordon First Nation, a community of about 3,300 people an hour north of the city, said she chose the school because the learning environment is rooted in Indigenous knowledge and culture. For example, she noted that there are services that connect students with elders.

The Canadian government is providing $3-million in humanitarian assistance to help people directly affected by recent earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan.

Randeep Sarai, the Secretary of State for International Development, made the announcement on Friday, saying the money will be allocated to organizations working within the country.

Blandine Daux and André Bergeron were enjoying the penultimate day of their trip to Portugal for his 70th birthday when the funicular they were riding through hilly Lisbon derailed, killing the Quebec City couple and 14 others.

Mr. Bergeron was retired from four decades of restoring and conserving artifacts, and Ms. Daux, still working in that archaeological field, had planned the celebratory trip, according to his younger brother Eric Bergeron.

Mayah Obadia was vacationing in Toronto when she received a text message from her petsitter about her cat, Fig. He was not eating or playing.

For most Canadians, this would warrant a pretty simple solution: a trip to the local veterinarian’s office, likely scheduled during regular clinic hours.