Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals 'fun' at Putnam competition
ST. JOHN'S - Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William L...
Dec 07, 2025
Canadian women finish sixth for second week in a row on rugby sevens circuit
CAPE TOWN - Canada finished sixth for the second week in a row on the rugby sevens circuit, giving up a late try in a 12-10 loss to Japan on Sunday at the HSBC Cape Town SVNS. It was Japan's third str...
Dec 07, 2025
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA - Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent mu...
Dec 07, 2025
Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice
MONTREAL - Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line P...
Dec 07, 2025
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Dec 07, 2025
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Dec 07, 2025
Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA - Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...
Dec 07, 2025
Raty's three-point night fills void at centre for short-staffed Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford stated at the end of last season that he wanted to upgrade the team's depth at centre. Facing one of the hottest teams in the NHL in the Minnesot...
Dec 07, 2025
Edmonton Oilers starting to emerge from early-season mediocrity
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers seem to be waking up from their latest traditional slumberous start to a season. Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist as the Oilers exploded ou...
Dec 07, 2025
Flames aim to make the most of more home games in their schedule
CALGARY - Back home after a heavy road schedule to begin the season, the wins were starting to come for the Calgary Flames as they try to climb back into the NHL's playoff race. Calgary made it two st...
Dec 07, 2025