Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Eby says Burnaby, B.C., hospital expansion will go ahead, despite cancelled contract
BURNABY - Plans for a hospital expansion in Burnaby, B.C., are not dead, despite the provincial government announcing this week that the construction contract had been cancelled, Premier David Eby sai...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Indigenous leader Angela Wesley reappointed to BC Treaty Commission
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has reappointed Indigenous leader Angela Wesley to be the provincially appointed commissioner to the BC Treaty Commission, a post she previously held until l...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Canada loses 6-4 to Sweden in semifinals of mixed doubles curling championship
GENEVA - Canada will not compete for its first world curling mixed doubles gold medal this year after a 6-4 loss to Sweden in semifinal action on Friday. The Gimli, Man., team of Kadriana and Colton L...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Olympic medalist Alysha Newman banned for missed doping controls after ending career
MONACO (AP) - Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman was banned for 20 months on Friday for missed drug tests, though track and field investigators accepted she had ended her career as a pole vaulter. ...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Canada won't use energy, critical minerals as 'leverage' in trade talks: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will not use energy or critical minerals as "leverage" in upcoming trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Carney said on Friday ...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Hikers discover human remains at B.C. provincial park in Sea to Sky region
SQUAMISH - Police are investigating after human remains were found by hikers at a B.C. park in the Sea to Sky region. RCMP say the remains were found by two hikers in Shannon Falls Provincial Park on ...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Trump says deadline for Congress to approve Iran war doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with Iran have "terminated" despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region. The message fr...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Health Canada approves 2nd generic version of Ozempic — and it's Canadian
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the second generic version of brand-name Ozempic, this one manufactured by Canadian company Apotex. The authorization for the medication called Apo-Semaglutide Inj...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Hockey Canada not sending team to 2026 Spengler Cup invitational tournament
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it will not send a team to the 2026 Spengler Cup after a new agreement couldn't be reached with the Swiss-based invitational tournament. The country's governing body said ...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after a health crisis in prison
BEIRUT (AP) - Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a "catastrophic deterioration" of her hea...
The Canadian Press May 01, 2026