Author Archives: Syndicated Content
B.C.’s physicians and surgeons are highest COVID vaccinated group, naturopaths lowest
VICTORIA - Vaccination information on British Columbia’s health-care professionals shows most are fully immunized though patients won’t know if their own doctor has had all their COVID-19 ...
May 10, 2022
Indigenous leaders say Quebec’s language bill puts their languages at risk
QUEBEC - Indigenous leaders in Quebec say the government’s French-language bill is destructive, paternalistic and could put the survival of First Nations languages at risk. Ghislain Picard, chie...
May 10, 2022
Delayed snowmelt, potential for rain and warm weather in B.C. raises risk of flooding
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s latest snow survey shows the snowpack is 13 per cent above normal levels, creating an increased risk for spring flooding. The May 1 Snow Survey Bulletin says a col...
May 10, 2022
Russian troops planted mines in playgrounds and parks in Ukrainian town: Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Russian troops planted mines in playgrounds, parks and at the front gates of family homes in Irpin, a town she recently visited with the prime minist...
May 10, 2022
Man charged with killing mother at sea to inherit estate
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A man found floating on a raft in the ocean off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016 after his boat sank has been indicted on charges alleging he killed his mother at sea to inheri...
May 10, 2022
Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s 1st president, dies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, has died, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. He was 88. An...
May 10, 2022
Fraser pressed on why Immigration has not approved 2,900 Afghans who helped Canada
OTTAWA - NDP caucus chair Jenny Kwan says she is seeking urgent answers about what has happened to the applications of 2,900 Afghans who helped the Canadian military. Kwan is demanding Immigration Min...
May 10, 2022
Clumsy format, too many moderators made 2021 election debates less effective: report
OTTAWA - The federal debates commission says the next federal election’s events should have a simpler format and better moderation to focus more on what the leaders say than what they are asked....
May 10, 2022
Conservative leadership candidates to meet face-to-face in Edmonton for next debate
EDMONTON - Conservatives tuning into the next leadership debate hope to see the six candidates vying for the party’s top job lay off the personal attacks, says one campaign manager. “I wan...
May 10, 2022
Conservative leadership candidates to meet face-to-face in Edmonton for next debate
EDMONTON - British Columbia MP Ed Fast says that Conservatives tuning into the next leadership debate hope to see the six candidates vying for the party’s top job will lay off the personal attac...
May 10, 2022