Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.6 per cent...
May 19, 2026
NATO jet shoots down what’s believed to be a Ukrainian drone over Estonia
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A Romanian F-16 jet deployed with NATO air policing forces in the Baltics shot down what is believed to have been a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia on Tuesday, authoritie...
May 19, 2026
Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli forces on Tuesday intercepted all remaining vessels from an activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, the latest effort to highlight the grim ...
May 19, 2026
Inflation rises to 2.8% in April but Iran war impact limited to gas pumps for now
OTTAWA - Higher gas prices driven mainly by the war in Iran pushed inflation higher in April but some economists argue the conflict's looming costs haven't been fully captured in the latest price data...
May 19, 2026
Bodies of 2 Italian divers are recovered from deep in a Maldives underwater cave
MALE, Maldives (AP) - Divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives last week, a spokesperson for the...
May 19, 2026
Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he'd found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn't believe him. Smoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinn...
May 19, 2026
Congo reports sharp rise in Ebola cases as WHO worries about outbreak's scale and speed
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the "scale and speed" of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where authorities repor...
May 19, 2026
In the news: Habs win game 7, TTC tentative deal struck, Snowbirds announcement
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Dobes 'bounces forward' to help Habs take Game 7 Jakub Dobes had a familiar name ringing in his ears. The Can...
May 19, 2026
Americans are looking back centuries to find Canadian ancestors — and citizenship
Cody Sibley was born and raised in Louisiana, but he always felt his family shared strong ties to Canada thanks to his Acadian ancestors from Nova Scotia. Sibley said that as an eighth-generation desc...
May 19, 2026
Americans are looking back centuries to find Canadian ancestors — and citizenship
Cody Sibley was born and raised in Louisiana, but he always felt his family shared strong ties to Canada thanks to his Acadian ancestors from Nova Scotia. Sibley said that as an eighth-generation desc...
May 19, 2026