Author Archives: Syndicated Content
B.C. Premier Eby defends coffee-with-doctors recruitment after 'stunt' accusation
KELOWNA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is praising the jolt the province got from a campaign to attract doctors over a cup of coffee despite criticism of wasteful spending from a national taxpay...
Apr 08, 2026
North Dakota back at Frozen Four, with top NHL draft prospect Keaton Verhoeff in tow
Keaton Verhoeff has experienced some big changes over the last 10 months. The hulking defenceman switched from the Western Hockey League to the NCAA, went from living with a billet family to figuring ...
Apr 08, 2026
A timeline of floor crossings from the opposition benches to Mark Carney's Liberals
OTTAWA - Marilyn Gladu became the fifth opposition member of Parliament to cross the floor to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals on Wednesday, a day before the Liberal party convention in Montreal....
Apr 08, 2026
David Eby confident Indigenous MLAs will vote to pause B.C's DRIPA legislation
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he's sure his government will retain the legislature's confidence and pass his plan to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou...
Apr 08, 2026
David Eby confident Indigenous MLAs will vote to pause B.C's DRIPA legislation
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he's sure his government will retain the legislature's confidence and pass his plan to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou...
Apr 08, 2026
B.C. man gets 15 years in prison Metro Vancouver shooting death in 2024
MAPLE RIDGE - A Metro Vancouver man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the killing of another man in Maple Ridge almost two years ago. Homicide investigators say 27-year-old Alexander Delair...
Apr 08, 2026
Quebec immigration minister under investigation for alleged ethics breach
QUBEC - Quebec's immigration minister says he will fully collaborate with an investigation by the legislature's ethics commissioner into whether he violated conflict of interest rules. Jean-Franois Ro...
Apr 08, 2026
Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim admits guilt in B.C. plane hijacking
RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...
Apr 08, 2026
Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim admits guilt in B.C. plane hijacking
RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...
Apr 08, 2026
Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
SEATTLE (AP) - Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after S...
Apr 08, 2026