Author Archives: Syndicated Content

20 injured in Milwaukee shootings after Bucks playoff game
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Twenty people were injured in two shootings in downtown Milwaukee near an entertainment district where thousands of people had been watching the Bucks play the Celtics in the NBA̵...
Canadian Press May 14, 2022

Off with the mask: Quebec becomes last province to lift COVID-19 masking health order
MONTREAL - Quebec was the first province in Canada to impose a mask mandate after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and on Saturday, it became the last province to allow residents to go maskless in most indo...
Canadian Press May 14, 2022

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan becomes UAE’s president
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rulers in the United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that they unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the president of this hereditarily ruled...
Canadian Press May 14, 2022

Google warns online news bill could make it subsidize biased news outlets
OTTAWA - Google is warning that the federal government’s online news bill could force it to subsidize non-authoritative or biased news sources, such as the Russian state-sponsored news agency Sp...
Canadian Press May 14, 2022

Transgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors. U.S. District ...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Nunavut review board recommends against iron ore mine expansion on Baffin Island
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - The Nunavut Impact Review Board is recommending the proposed expansion of an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island should not go ahead. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

North Korea confirms 21 new deaths as it battles COVID-19
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea says 21 people died and 174,440 people were newly found with fever symptoms on Friday alone as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unv...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

Emergency alert system in B.C. to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s public safety minister says an automated alert system will be in place in June to notify residents of dangerously high temperatures like last year’s fatal he...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

California governor: $98B surplus backs true pro-life state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pledged to use the state’s record-breaking $300 billion budget, including an unprecedented nearly $100 billion surplus, to "futur...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022

B.C. invests $789 million for new safe, accessible and culturally inclusive museum
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will spend nearly $800 million to build a new Royal Museum in Victoria. The current museum will close its doors in September, but will be offering tr...
Canadian Press May 13, 2022