Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Flood-stricken B.C. farmers given more time to apply for disaster assistance
VICTORIA - British Columbia has extended the deadline to apply for recovery help for farmers hit by last fall’s devastating floods. A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food says far...
May 25, 2022
Quebec bill would give Alzheimer’s patients access to medical aid in dying
MONTREAL - Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province’s assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer’s disease. Health Minister Christian Dub said today that Bill 38 wo...
May 25, 2022
Police suspect arson in fire at Wyoming abortion clinic site
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - An overnight fire in Wyoming damaged a building under renovation to house a new abortion clinic in the conservative state with widespread opposition to abortion and authorities sai...
May 25, 2022
Federal government would join challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 at Supreme Court
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec’s religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court. Lametti told reporters in Mon...
May 25, 2022
Peter Nygard sexual assault case to return to Montreal courtroom in July
MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8. Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not...
May 25, 2022
Federal government says court challenge to Quebec language law possible
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government is not ruling out a court challenge to Quebec’s newly adopted language-reform law. But Lametti says he first wants to see ho...
May 25, 2022
Victims’ families boycott N.S. mass shooting inquiry over questioning of Mounties
TRURO, N.S. - Family members of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have told their lawyers to boycott a public inquiry after a decision preventing cross-examination of key Mountie witnesses...
May 25, 2022
The Great LEGO Spill Is Still Washing Up 25 Years Later
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! From classic LEGO themes like Aquazone and Atlantis to recent minifigures like Aquaman, LEGO is no stranger to underwater adventures. Seafaring journeys ha...
May 25, 2022
‘Answers are still needed’: One year later, Tk’emlups honours Le Estcwicwéy̓
TK'EMLUPS - It has now been one year since Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) received confirmation from a ground-penetrating radar team that potential unmarked gravesites were detected around the former Kam...
May 25, 2022
Trevali says bodies of four missing workers found, four more still missing
VANCOUVER - Trevali Mining Corp. says the bodies of four workers missing since its Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded last month have been found. Four other workers remain missing. The Canadian minin...
May 25, 2022