Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San...
May 10, 2022
Sheriff: Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout
The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week after walking out of an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared f...
May 10, 2022
Canada pledges $229 million to help victims of Syria conflict, refugees
OTTAWA - Canada is giving $229 million in aid for Syria and neighbouring nations hosting refugees from the war-torn state. The aid package includes $169 million for food, clean water and hygiene and h...
May 10, 2022
Bloc Québécois wants to end daily prayer in House, but Trudeau says not a priority
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois says it’s time to end the daily reading of a prayer in the House of Commons and replace it with a moment of reflection. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is against the...
May 10, 2022
‘Wagatha Christie’: Soccer spouses’ libel battle opens in UK
LONDON (AP) - A trial involving two soccer spouses, one of whom publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking her private social media posts to a British tabloid newspaper, opened Tuesday in Lon...
May 10, 2022
Ottawa weighing ballistic missile defence as part of North American defence upgrades
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government is weighing whether Canada should join the U.S. in actively defending against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Anand made the comm...
May 10, 2022
Help heal Indigenous residential school trauma, public safety minister tells RCMP
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is directing the head of the RCMP to work closely with Indigenous communities to address the traumatic legacy of residential schools. In a new mandate l...
May 10, 2022
‘It didn’t cross their minds’: Emergency director says RCMP didn’t consider alert
HALIFAX - The head of Nova Scotia’s Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-ho...
May 10, 2022