Author Archives: Syndicated Content

South Carolina's Staley says it is time to move past her Final Four skirmish with UConn's Auriemma
COLUMBIA - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley says it is time to move past her Final Four skirmish with UConn coach Geno Auriemma that became the talk of the tou...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable'
ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate interna...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Advocates have little hope social housing needs in Quebec will be addressed soon
MONTREAL - Brique par brique, a non-profit that builds housing in Montreal, has been trying to develop more city-owned land for years, but the group says securing money for new projects is getting har...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Romanian soccer great Mircea Lucescu has died at age 80
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian soccer great who was a serial trophy winner as a player and a coach, has died. He was 80. Lucescu's death was confirmed by Bucharest University E...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Death of unhoused migrant in Montreal was avoidable, community workers say
MONTRAL - A Montreal community worker says she tried to help a 42-year-old undocumented migrant weeks before he died on the street in the Park Extension neighbourhood. Amina Saman works with a handful...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Canadian Hockey League players helping reshape college hockey after rule change permits them to play
Sidney Crosby never played for an NCAA title. Neither did Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid or, going way back, Wayne Gretzky. For decades, the stars of the Canadian Hockey League were deemed pros as j...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Could this be the end of green building standards in Ontario — again?
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is taking another swipe at green standards while nixing a requirement for municipalities to build climate change goals into their official plans. The new chang...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Coach Sheldon Keefe and the Devils face uncertainty after GM Tom Fitzgerald's departure
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Tom Fitzgerald called Sheldon Keefe on Monday to tell the coach he hired that after more than six years as general manager of the New Jersey Devils, he was leaving the organization...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

'War crimes': Iranian Canadians horrified by Trump's latest threat to destroy Iran
TORONTO - Foad Farhani was driving to work Tuesday morning when his wife called him in tears while reading U.S. President Donald Trump's post on Truth Social threatening the existence of their homelan...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026

Man charged in Surrey, B.C., shooting that injured driver, setting off crash
SURREY - A man has been charged in a shooting in Metro Vancouver that injured a vehicle driver, setting off a crash. Surrey police say officers responded to the crash March 24 on University Drive. Pol...
The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2026