Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Jail ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich again, Crown argues in Ottawa court
OTTAWA - “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich is accused of breaching her bail conditions and the Crown argues she should go back to back in jail until her trial. Lich was initially deni...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Kenney pushed out for not being ‘extreme enough’ troubling trend: Boissonnault
OTTAWA - A Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta says Jason Kenney is the latest conservative leader to be pushed out by party supporters for not being “extreme enough.” Federal Tourism Mi...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Biden meets Sweden, Finland leaders to talk NATO, Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the applications of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic ...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Expert says N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman was right to use lethal force
FREDERICTON - An expert in Canadian policing says the New Brunswick officer who killed a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check two years ago was following police training. Chris Butler ...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

NATO chief: Dispute over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was "confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family" des...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Jordan’s king puts half-brother under formal house arrest
JERUSALEM (AP) - Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince’s house arrest, calling him "erratic" in an unprecedented harshly word...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assis...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Montreal public health to provide update on suspected presence of rare monkeypox
MONTREAL - Public health authorities in Montreal will provide an update today on the suspected presence of monkeypox in the city. Dr. Mylne Drouin, the city’s public health director, and Dr. Gen...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Top court won’t hear ex-OPP deputy commissioner’s appeal over lawsuit against Ford
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer over his bid to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation. Former OPP deputy commis...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Germany: 1 person wounded, 1 detained in school attack
BERLIN (AP) - German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police s...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022