Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Latvia seeks Canadian support for expanded, permanent NATO presence in Baltics
OTTAWA - Latvia’s prime minister is in Ottawa today seeking Canada’s support for an expanded, permanent NATO force in his country and fellow Baltic states Lithuania and Estonia. In an inte...
May 12, 2022
Delayed Southeast Asian Games begin in Vietnam’s capital
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The Southeast Asian Games officially kicked off Thursday with a mask-optional opening ceremony in Vietnam’s capital, the first major gathering in the country since the star...
May 12, 2022
Family of Montreal man killed by police in 2017 reaches settlement with city
MONTREAL - The family of a man shot dead by Montreal police has reached a settlement with the city in connection with a lawsuit they filed over his death. Pierre Coriolan died on June 27, 2017, when p...
May 12, 2022
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole
WASHINGTON (AP) - The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, inc...
May 12, 2022
Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to end crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and eco...
May 12, 2022
Rights group: Israel approves over 4,000 new settler homes
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an...
May 12, 2022
Parks Canada recovers 45 fossils stolen from Burgess Shale, levies $20,000 fine
LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA - A Quebec resident has been fined $20,000 for taking 45 fossils from three national parks in the Rocky Mountains, including an internationally known fossil site. Parks Canada say...
May 12, 2022
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of weapons demonstrations this years and jus...
May 12, 2022
Tory Leadership Debate and US Supreme Court to Meet: In The News for May 12, 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 12, 2022. … What we are watchi...
May 12, 2022
Anti-abortion rally to assemble on Parliament Hill amid leaked U.S. court draft
OTTAWA - An annual anti-abortion rally is set to converge on Parliament Hill today, a demonstration that typically attracts thousands. The March for Life protest comes as the re-emergence of the landm...
May 12, 2022