Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heartbreaking for military who served in Afghanistan to see Taliban in power: Anand
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand has said it is “heartbreaking” for members of Canada’s armed forces who served in Afghanistan to see the Taliban back in power. But Anand told a...
May 09, 2022
Pilot involved in Ontario plane crash reported for improper registration: instructor
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia flight instructor alleges the pilot of a plane that crashed in northern Ontario with two wanted men on board had been advertising flight tours on a plane that was...
May 09, 2022
Pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. project
VICTORIA - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. has been fined more than $170,000 after inspectors found what the British Columbia government says were repeated issues of erosion and sediment control. A stat...
May 09, 2022
Ritchie Bros. reports revenues up, supply still a challenge
VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. says its revenues rose in the first quarter compared with a year ago even though the company is struggling to secure used equipment to sell. The Vancouver-ba...
May 09, 2022
Mississippi sues Favre, wrestlers, over welfare misspending
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several other people and businesses to t...
May 09, 2022
Pilot involved in Ontario plane crash reported for improper registration: instructor
A British Columbia flight instructor alleges the pilot of a plane that crashed in northern Ontario with two wanted men on board had been advertising flight tours on a plane that wasn’t registere...
May 09, 2022
Evidence complete in Quebec Halloween murders trial, final arguments on Wednesday
QUEBEC - The presentation of evidence is complete at the trial of the man accused of stalking the streets of Old Quebec on Halloween 2020 and stabbing to death two people and injuring five others. Fin...
May 09, 2022
Waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, treatment to end pandemic, committee told
OTTAWA - Experts say Canada needs to turn its COVID-19 aid attention to expanding vaccine production everywhere or the virus will continue to run wild, mutate and bring new waves of disease. Dr. Madhu...
May 09, 2022
Marine mammal group confirms sighting of wayward minke whale in Montreal area
MONTREAL - The head of a marine mammal research group is confirming that for the second time in two years a whale has been spotted in the Montreal area. Robert Michaud of the Rseau qubcois d’urg...
May 09, 2022
B.C. boy’s mom, stepdad facing first-degree murder charges in ‘tragic’ case: RCMP
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - RCMP say the mother and stepfather of a little boy are being held in custody on first-degree murder charges following painstaking efforts by police on Vancouver Island to get all ...
May 09, 2022