Author Archives: Syndicated Content

UN's top official in Syria is stepping down after 7 years of conflict and tumult
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The official who steered the U.N.'s diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years announced Thursday that he is resigning. Geir Pedersen, who has held diplomatic posts for ...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Canada Post sending new offers to union with aim of moving talks forward
Canada Post is sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward, the postal service said Thursday. The new terms will allow the two sides to return ...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Champagne defends budget investments as he sets out to deepen European ties
OTTAWA - The financial returns from Ottawa's capital spending plans in the upcoming fall budget will help Canada pay down the deficit in later years, Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said o...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Conservatives push for a 'three-strikes' law, tougher sanctions for domestic violence
OTTAWA - The Conservatives introduced a law in the House of Commons on Thursday that would classify the killing of an intimate partner as a first-degree murder. The private members' bill was introduce...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Gunman kills 2 at Israeli-run crossing between West Bank and Jordan. 4 soldiers killed in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Jordanian aid truck driver opened fire and killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, officials said. The Israeli military also said ...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

More records fall as late summer heat reaches 34 degrees in B.C. Interior
VANCOUVER - The recent spike in temperatures across British Columbia has once again caused daily heat records to fall in several communities in the waning days of summer. Environment Canada says the h...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Republican alleges FBI has names of Epstein clients, including 'billionaire' Canadian
WASHINGTON - A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday alleged the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has the names of some of the late Jeffrey Epstein's clients, including a "billionaire from Canada." Rep...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Quebec follows Alberta's move to stop offering COVID vaccine for free to most people
Quebec is now the second province after Alberta to announce it will no longer offer free doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its entire population, starting this fall. The decision matches a similar poli...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Escalation of B.C. public service strike hits citizens' services and gaming branch
BURNABY - Public service workers in British Columbia are again escalating job action, picketing a citizens' services office that issues services cards, processes freedom of information requests and fa...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Quebec politician to close Facebook page, unable to filter hate-filled posts, spam
MONTREAL - A member of Quebec's legislature says she will take down her professional Facebook page, unable to filter the hateful comments and spam it regularly attracts. Christine Labrie of leftist pa...
The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025