Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...
May 21, 2022
A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...
May 21, 2022
Herschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
WASHINGTON (AP) - Herschel Walker, the football legend and leading Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, often boasts of his work helping service members and veterans struggling with mental health. ...
May 20, 2022
Former Ohio prisons chief top contender to run US prisons
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former director of the Ohio state prison system has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told...
May 20, 2022
Lee wins Democratic primary in historic bid for Congress
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Summer Lee has won a five-way Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat, making her the favorite in the heavily Democratic district to win the fall general elect...
May 20, 2022
Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms another case of ‘bird flu’ in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a small flock of poultry in Richmond, B.C. The agency did not provide informatio...
May 20, 2022
Tornado wreaks havoc in northern Michigan community
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) - A tornado tore through a small community in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula on Friday, flipping vehicles, tearing the roofs off buildings and causing other damage. Ther...
May 20, 2022
Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by Presiden...
May 20, 2022
Bill would give CRTC power over user-generated content, but it won’t use it: chair
OTTAWA - The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a federal bill would give it power to regulate user-generated content, such as homemade videos posted on YouT...
May 20, 2022
Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam
OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday. Monke...
May 20, 2022