Author Archives: Syndicated Content

B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia’s Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it dropped two dozen COVID-19 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C., pastors who continued in-person wors...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Marriage proposal in B.C. legislature gets a ‘Yes’ from fiancée, cheers from MLAs
VICTORIA - Politicians ask a lot of questions in British Columbia's legislature, but for New Democrat member Rick Glumac, his question posed Wednesday was especially important. Glumac, the member for ...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

The latest on the first official Conservative leadership debate in Edmonton
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to square off in the first official debate of the race. Here are the latest developments. All times eastern: 7 p.m. Dozens of Conservatives are lining...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse i...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Court: California’s under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Police probe homicides of husband and wife in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police have identified a husband and wife, both in their 70s, as homicide victims in Abbotsford, B.C. Investigators say 77-year-old Arnold De Jong and 76-year-old Joanne De Jong wer...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

‘Komodo dragons on steroids’: Fossil of predatory water dweller recovered at mine
MAGRATH, ALBERTA - A fossil of a prehistoric lizard “on steroids” has been found at a mining site in southern Alberta. The partial fossil of a recently discovered mosasaurus was recently d...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Second minke whale spotted off Montreal, marine mammal group says
MONTREAL - A marine mammal research group is reporting a second minke whale has been spotted in the Montreal area in less than a week. Baleines en direct says the whale was seen at around 12:30 p.m. t...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

Dems’ bid to secure Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nati...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022

N.S. police chief felt RCMP ‘nudged’ not to reveal early warning of killer’s danger
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia police chief told an investigator last year that in the aftermath of the 2020 mass shooting, he felt “nudged” by the RCMP not to release a report that had warned th...
Canadian Press May 11, 2022