Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Indigenous leaders seek RCMP response after marchers hit by truck in Mission, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Indigenous leaders have called a meeting with RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., to discuss how police intend to proceed after the driver of a pickup truck allegedly hit four members of a memorial ...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

US Supreme Court clears way for Arizona prisoner’s execution
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute appeal from an Arizona prisoner to delay his execution for his murder conviction in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl, cle...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

N.S. mass shooting inquiry: Communications official admits warning was delayed
HALIFAX - A senior RCMP official broke down in tears today when she told a public inquiry that communications procedures she used to alert the public to an active shooter led to a crucial delay during...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

Biden goes to Kimmel as Trudeau goes to Barbados on day 1 of Summit of the Americas
LOS ANGELES - U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are charting markedly different paths today at the Summit of the Americas. Before his leader-level meetings get underway, Biden...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

4th grade Uvalde survivor: ‘I don’t want it to happen again’
WASHINGTON (AP) - An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, e...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

Alberta First Nations want consultation, benefits from oilsands carbon storage plans
EDMONTON - Several Alberta First Nations have told the province’s government and energy industry that they must be consulted and share in the benefits of carbon capture projects near their lands...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

Court: Armed man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s house
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says an armed man who made threats against Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s house in Maryland. The man was arrested around 1:50 a.m. We...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

NewsAlert: Kimberly Murray to serve as special interlocutor for residential schools
OTTAWA - The federal government says Kimberly Murray will serve as an independent special interlocutor related to unmarked graves at residential schools. A former executive director of the Truth and R...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022

Avian flu outbreaks confirmed on B.C., Alberta farms after brief pause in cases
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is reporting more outbreaks of avian flu in British Columbia and Alberta. After a succession of outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...
Canadian Press Jun 08, 2022