Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Questions arise over police delays with gunman inside school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers, authorities say. It was 11:28 a...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Blood donor rules changing and Supreme Court ruling due: In The News for May 27, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 27, 2022 … What we are watchin...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonn...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Crown, defence expected to make closing arguments today in Hoggard sex assault trial
TORONTO - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are expected to make their final pitch today to jurors hearing the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 37, has pleaded not guilty t...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

‘Always hope’: Remains of Cree woman sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance
Violet Soosay’s search for her missing aunt began four decades ago. The pursuit took her to parts of Alberta and B.C. and down paths of uncertainty as weeks, months and years passed without word...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Racism in the ranks: Dutch police film spurs conversation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A documentary about discrimination within the ranks of Dutch police has sparked a national conversation in the Netherlands about racism, with many officers and others hop...
Canadian Press May 27, 2022

Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday's mass school shooting in which 19 children and...
Canadian Press May 26, 2022

Parole recommended for California follower of Charles Manson
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A California parole panel recommended the release of Patricia Krenwinkel for the first time Thursday, more than five decades after she and other followers of cult leader Char...
Canadian Press May 26, 2022

Guilbeault ‘optimistic’ G7 climate ministers will agree to gradually phase out coal
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday he’s “very optimistic” this week’s meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus t...
Canadian Press May 26, 2022