Author Archives: Syndicated Content
National employment numbers for April from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's April employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (6.7) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.6) Participation rate...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on "unidentified anomalous phenomena" like an object that a drone pilo...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Canada captain Davies sustains hamstring injury weeks before World Cup
MUNICH - Canada men's soccer captain Alphonso Davies sustained a left hamstring injury in Bayern Munich's Champions League semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain, putting his availability for the upcom...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Rookie tight end Dante Daniels turns childhood struggles into CFL dream
WINNIPEG - Dante Daniels is the first to admit he was an emotional kid. He was so quick to tears, he says, that his foster family used to jokingly tease him whenever the waterworks started. Fast-forwa...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026
At least 40 killed in Islamic State-affiliated group attack on Congo villages, local group says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group s...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

In the news today: Hantavirus cruise ship, Air Canada flights, Playoffs ER stats
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canadian consular officials head to Canary Islands to meet hantavirus cruise ship Consular officials are on t...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Toronto Tempo set for historic first regular-season WNBA game
TORONTO - History will be made tonight when the Toronto Tempo host the Washington Mystics in their first-ever regular-season game. Toronto is one of two expansion teams joining the WNBA for its 30th s...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Number of Canadians connected to hantavirus outbreak grows to 10, all asymptomatic
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians connected to a hantavirus outbreak that began on a polar expedition cruise has grown to 10 as federal officials report three more people - two from Alberta and one fro...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

Daughters relieved as trio convicted of murdering parents in B.C. home invasion
ABBOTSFORD - Arnold and Joanne De Jong spent their last night alive surrounded by family, not knowing that three men who had done cleaning work on their property in of Abbotsford, B.C., would later in...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026

'Never felt it like this': Famous Montreal barber sees new level of Canadiens fever
MONTREAL - Domenico Perrazino, the famous Montreal barber better known as "Mnick," still remembers when Maurice Richard won five straight Stanley Cups with the Canadiens in the late 1950s. Years later...
The Canadian Press May 08, 2026