Author Archives: Syndicated Content

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is refusing to participate in an English-language leaders debate ahead of the province’s October election. Legault spokesman Ewan Sauves says the premie...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first c...

OTTAWA - Jill Sinclair has been wracked by a combination of anguish, sickness and anger as well as extraordinary pride as she has watched Ukrainians stand fast in the face of Russia's invasion of thei...

OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne is proposing that G7 countries establish a quick-reaction group on cybersecurity to help build up resilience to attacks following the invasion o...

OTTAWA - Canada’s highest court has ruled that the law barring the use of automatism, or a state of extreme intoxication, as a defence for some crimes is unconstitutional and called on Parliamen...

VANCOUVER - Highways through southern British Columbia’s mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May Friday as Environment Canada advised another five centimetres of snow was expect...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s chief coroner is calling a public inquiry into the drowning of a Montreal firefighter last year. Pierre Lacroix, a father of two, died after he was thrown into the St. Lawren...

BERLIN (AP) - Three passengers on a regional train in Germany overpowered an Iraq-born man who wounded five people with a knife on Friday, authorities said. The train was traveling near the western ci...

VIENNA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone, the first time the two have spoken since late March. The 75-minute call on Friday "focused on the ongo...

MOSCOW (AP) - WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court Friday for a hearing on whether her detention will be extended. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow ...