Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AFC Toronto moves to retain nine more players, now has 18 under contract for 2026
TORONTO - AFC Toronto moved to retain nine players Wednesday, including goalkeeper Sierra Cota-Yarde, midfielder Nikki Small and forward Kaylee Hunter. Cota-Yarde, Small and Hunter had their contracts...
Dec 17, 2025
B.C. says violent repeat offender scheme cuts police interactions by 50 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its program targeting repeat, violent offenders has resulted in 50-per-cent fewer police interactions involving such offenders in the 18 months since it...
Dec 17, 2025
Residents unconvinced by Vancouver's plan to replace Downtown Eastside rooming houses
VANCOUVER - Downtown Eastside resident Brian O'Donnell lives in a single-room occupancy hotel in Chinatown, although he says it's not really a home. "It's livable," said O'Donnell, who added that he f...
Dec 17, 2025
Dandjinou headlines Canada's short track speedskating team for Milan Cortina Olympics
MONTREAL - William Dandjinou didn't flinch when short track coach Marc Gagnon set high expectations to open the season. Gagnon said Canada is aiming for a record haul of seven Olympic medals at this w...
Dec 17, 2025
Kelowna MLA Gavin Dew won't run for B.C. Conservative leadership, citing family
VICTORIA - Kelowna MLA Gavin Dew says he won't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because of his family, saying the party needs to "finish the task of building a serious new gove...
Dec 17, 2025 Image: Facebook / B.C. Conservative Party MLA Gavin Dew with his family.
Canadians Brunet, Clarke-Tosczak take different roads hopefully leading to the MLS
Charles-Emile Brunet and Nikos Clarke-Tosczak took different routes to the MLS College Showcase, but both hope their road leads to Thursday's MLS SuperDraft. The two were the lone Canadians among the ...
Dec 17, 2025
QuickList on the 23 of Alberta's politicians facing citizen recalls petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Wednesday against United Conservative members Mickey Amery and Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, bringing total recalls to 23. One in four elected repres...
Dec 17, 2025
Ford promotes Toronto as Ottawa, B.C. and Montreal make pitches to host defence bank
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a case Wednesday for Toronto as the headquarters for a new global bank for defence spending - but the city is facing competition from Ottawa, Montreal and Briti...
Dec 17, 2025
Ukrainians displaced by war need pathway to permanent residency: UCC
OTTAWA - Ottawa should open a permanent residency pathway for Ukrainians who came to Canada through a special visa program launched after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukrainian Canadian C...
Dec 17, 2025
Time to move on extraction, refining of critical minerals in Canada: Champagne
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Canada has enough critical minerals to go around for interested European trading partners but it's time for the country to get moving on extra...
Dec 17, 2025