Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Apr 07, 2026
Vancouver Island man sentenced to nine-plus years in child-exploitation case
PORT ALBERNI - A Vancouver Island man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for several sex offences involving minors he met online. Port Alberni RCMP say Loki Tchir was sentenced in th...
Apr 07, 2026
Feds looking at how to 'cushion the blow' as gas prices rise amid Iran war: Carney
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at ways to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Oil prices have surged sinc...
Apr 07, 2026
Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
OTTAWA - High-speed rail connecting Toronto and Quebec City would be a boon to the economy and job creation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday, defending his government's project as oppositio...
Apr 07, 2026
Trade agreement talks unlikely to be resolved by July 1: U.S. trade representative
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that he doesn't expect negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade to be resolved by July 1. "I think that we ...
Apr 07, 2026