Author Archives: Syndicated Content
B.C. policewomen want lawsuit, not labour arbitration, over alleged discrimination
VANCOUVER - A group of female police officers pursuing a class-action lawsuit against municipal police forces in B.C. over alleged harassment, bullying and discrimination say it is not a labour disput...
May 11, 2026
B.C. policewomen want lawsuit, not labour arbitration, over alleged discrimination
VANCOUVER - A group of female police officers pursuing a class-action lawsuit against municipal police forces in B.C. over alleged harassment, bullying and discrimination say it is not a labour disput...
May 11, 2026
Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additio...
May 11, 2026
Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, m...
May 11, 2026
Pitcher Eric Lauer DFAed, outfielder Addison Barger returns to Blue Jays' IL
TORONTO - Aspiring starting pitcher Eric Lauer won't have to worry about openers playing ahead of him anymore. Lauer was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on Monday, a day after falling to 1-...
May 11, 2026
Federal government dismisses calls for radar sites to remain as farmland
OTTAWA - The federal government has rejected calls from some residents in southern Ontario to find other spots to set up planned Arctic over-the-horizon radar installations in order to preserve farmla...
May 11, 2026
Quebec to invest $252 million in preventive health programs over five years
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is spending more than $250 million on preventive health care over the next five years in a bid to reduce illness and stave off rising costs. The government says the mo...
May 11, 2026
Quebec to invest $252 million in preventive health programs over five years
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is spending more than $250 million on preventive health care over the next five years in a bid to reduce illness and stave off rising costs. The government says the mo...
May 11, 2026
Trans Mountain and its federal parent see case for Ottawa owning pipeline for good
There's a case to indefinitely keep the Trans Mountain pipeline in government hands, possibly alongside Indigenous partners, say the leaders of its operator and financial overseer. "It is a sovereign ...
May 11, 2026
Forests Minister Parmar says B.C. has flagged Middle East as emerging export market
VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province could be selling more wood in the Middle East among other emerging markets to curtail its dependence on the United States. Pa...
May 11, 2026