Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Senate votes final congressional OK for $40B Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America's latest, and qui...
May 19, 2022
Supreme Court to hear case about access to Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters
Canada's top court will hear Ontario's appeal to block the release of mandate letters sent by the premier to his cabinet ministers nearly four years ago, although Doug Ford insisted Thursday that the ...
May 19, 2022
Russian troops planted mines in Ukraine’s fields to ruin harvest: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Harjit Sajjan, the international development minister, says Russia has planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops. Speaking after a meeting of G7 develo...
May 19, 2022
Key witness testifies in trial tied to Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - The star prosecution witness in the trial of a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI testified Thursday that he was "100%" confident that the attorney told hi...
May 19, 2022
Crews working to restore power to parts of B.C.’s south coast hammered by high winds
VANCOUVER - Crews were making headway restoring electricity to thousands of customers across British Columbia’s south coast after a fierce windstorm. Environment Canada says wind gusts of around...
May 19, 2022
Jail ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich again, Crown argues in Ottawa court
OTTAWA - “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich is accused of breaching her bail conditions and the Crown argues she should go back to back in jail until her trial. Lich was initially deni...
May 19, 2022
Kenney pushed out for not being ‘extreme enough’ troubling trend: Boissonnault
OTTAWA - A Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta says Jason Kenney is the latest conservative leader to be pushed out by party supporters for not being “extreme enough.” Federal Tourism Mi...
May 19, 2022
Biden meets Sweden, Finland leaders to talk NATO, Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the applications of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic ...
May 19, 2022
Expert says N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman was right to use lethal force
FREDERICTON - An expert in Canadian policing says the New Brunswick officer who killed a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check two years ago was following police training. Chris Butler ...
May 19, 2022
NATO chief: Dispute over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was "confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family" des...
May 19, 2022