Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Lawyers for Jacob Hoggard to continue questioning of second complainant today
TORONTO - A woman who alleges she was raped by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard in a Toronto hotel room more than five years ago is expected to take the stand again today at his sex assault trial. The ...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Lewis in leadership contest and Singh targeted on tour: In The News for May 13, 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 13, 2022 … What we are watchin...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets
OTTAWA - The capital budget for Canada’s national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency’s assets remain in...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer’s bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP’s...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre
EDMONTON - It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I’m picking Pierre Poilievre. "I wouldn't b...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Louisiana House removes murder charge from abortion bill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana women who have abortions will not be subject to murder or other criminal charges after legislators revamped an abortion bill Thursday night. The controversial bill would h...
Canadian Press May 12, 2022

Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19. Weekly numbers released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 596 people in hospit...
Canadian Press May 12, 2022

Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on the Fraser River to map its effects and assess the risk of future slides on salmon. The landslide in Nov...
Canadian Press May 12, 2022

Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom - Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestre...
Canadian Press May 12, 2022

Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP’s Singh
OTTAWA - Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal...
Canadian Press May 12, 2022