Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Shortages of some baby formula in Quebec due to panic buying, U.S. supply issues
MONTREAL - When Catherine Labrecque-Baker went to purchase hypoallergenic baby formula in mid-April for her six-month-old baby, her Quebec City pharmacist told her there was none left. In response, La...
Canadian Press May 17, 2022

Multiple reports say Marner’s SUV was stolen in an armed carjacking in west Toronto
There are multiple reports that an SUV belonging to Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner has been stolen in a carjacking in the city's west end. The Toronto Sun, Global News and City TV all quoted un...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Election 2022: Trump’s influence over GOP faces fresh tests
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the strongest test yet of his ability to shape a new generation of Republicans as GOP primary voters in Pennsylvania and North Car...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Joly condemns Israeli police behaviour at Palestinian journalist’s funeral
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is condemning as appalling images of Israeli police pushing and hitting mourners at the funeral of an Al Jazeera journalist who was shot while working in ...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Monday that it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Donald Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island. ...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Bloc, NDP support Tory bid to revive committee studying Canada-China relations
OTTAWA - MPs have voted to re-establish a special committee on Canada-China relations. The committee was first set up in 2019 in light of prolonged diplomatic friction with China, with a mandate to ex...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Officials: Buffalo gunman taunted law enforcement online
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket taunted law enforcement online last month and visited Buffalo back in March, in...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Métis leader calls for Queen to apologize for residential schools
The president of the Mtis National Council says the Queen should apologize for residential schools to help survivors and their families heal. Cassidy Caron says residential school survivors told her t...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Calgary and Edmonton city councils make friendly wager on NHL playoffs
CALGARY - The Battle of Alberta is back with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton. The Calgary Flames will play the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL’s Western Conf...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022

Vancouver police think speed was factor after car crosses into traffic, takes flight
Vancouver police say they believe speed was a factor in a four-car collision that killed one person and sent two others to hospital on Monday. Police say in a news release that a Toyota Corolla had to...
Canadian Press May 16, 2022