Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Critics call out Ottawa for not contesting Iran joining UN nuclear weapons conference
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are calling out the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney after its representatives failed to follow allies in proactively challenging Iran's nomination to two United Nati...
Apr 29, 2026
Environmental advocates call LNG tax incentive a fossil fuel subsidy
CALGARY - A tax incentive for "low carbon" liquefied natural gas facilities amounts to a government subsidy for the fossil fuel industry at a time when Canada should be pivoting to electrification and...
Apr 29, 2026
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood rises from career backup to the Avalanche's playoff rock
DENVER (AP) - Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task. That traffic pattern five lights ahead while driving? He's already planned for it. The peo...
Apr 29, 2026
Anand backs up report saying Iranian soccer officials were turned away from Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it's her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver...
Apr 29, 2026
Anand backs up report saying Iranian soccer officials were turned away from Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it's her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver...
Apr 29, 2026
Bruins' Pastrnak among the many stars delivering big plays in the face of NHL playoff elimination
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - David Pastrnak embraces what comes from being the face of the Boston Bruins, heavy as the responsibility might be. With their season on the line, leave it to the 12th-year forward...
Apr 29, 2026
Mexican officials charged with importing massive quantities of drugs into US
NEW YORK (AP) - The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York,...
Apr 29, 2026
Florida legislature approves new congressional map intended to boost Republicans in midterms
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans' advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President D...
Apr 29, 2026
Sport boosted and bridged by massive funding infusion, says Secretary of Sport
Canadian sport has been given a boost and a bridge, says the country's Secretary of Sport. In the federal government's spring economic update, $755 million more over the next five years, and $118 mill...
Apr 29, 2026
Vasilevskiy named Vezina finalist for sixth time, Sorokin, Swayman also up for award
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy, Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders and Boston's Jeremy Swayman were named finalists for the Vezina Trophy on Wednesday. The award is given out annually t...
Apr 29, 2026