Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Wisconsin deputy not charged after new look at 2016 shooting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two court-appointed prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park. The decision validates a district...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail
MIAMI (AP) - Gilberto Rodrguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in a U.S....
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Jury deliberating for third day in Depp-Heard libel trial
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A jury in Virginia is deliberating for a third day in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The seven-person civil jury resumed deliberations Wednesday morning afte...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

The Chinese Opera Singer (and Spy) Who Loved Me
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On June 30, 2009, Shi Pei Pu died in a Parisian nursing home at 70. Born in Shandong Province, Shi had enthralled Europe with his* operatic singing and gra...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 01, 2022

BoC interest rate, privacy ruling on Tim Hortons app : In The News for June 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 1 … What we are watching in C...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Experts expect bad year for ticks as disease-carrying bugs expand range in Canada
HALIFAX - The prevalence of ticks that can carry Lyme disease is expected to be higher than ever in much of Canada this year, researchers say. Vett Lloyd, a researcher and director of the Lloyd Tick L...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Jurors continue deliberations in sexual assault trial of Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard
TORONTO - Jurors are to continue their deliberations today in the sexual assault trial of Jacob Hoggard, the lead singer of the Canadian band Hedley. Deliberations began Tuesday afternoon and jurors r...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

B.C. to join small group of jurisdictions with decriminalization of hard drugs
VANCOUVER - British Columbia will soon join a handful of jurisdictions around the world where drug users aren’t criminalized for possessing small amounts of some illicit drugs for personal use. ...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Tories failed to separate criticism of Chinese regime from Chinese communities: Brown
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he believes Canada can advance its trade relationship with China while at the same time take a stand against its human rights abuses. R...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022

Ottawa, N.W.T. in talks with U.S. charity about funding for Indigenous park guardians
Ottawa and Northwest Territories are in discussions with a large American charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conser...
Canadian Press Jun 01, 2022