Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Conservatives seek to remove barriers to alcohol shipments across provincial borders
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are pushing to allow Canada Post to ship alcohol between provinces, saying the Liberals have failed to live up to their pledge to remove interprovincial trade barrie...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Vancouver moves closer to no-snow winter despite chilly blast
VANCOUVER - Vancouver has moved closer to an official snowless winter after a chilly blast failed to result in the benchmark one centimetre of accumulation at the city's airport. As much as four centi...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

16 people treated for smoke injuires in fire in Mission, B.C., seniors home
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The chief of the fire department in Mission, B.C., says air conditioning units were falling through the ceiling behind his crew members as they were trying to evacuate peop...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Man who shot at car didn't mean to kill Montreal teenager, his lawyer tells court
MONTREAL - The lawyer for one of the men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Montreal told a jury on Tuesday his client should be found guilty of manslaughter, not murder. Marc L...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War
OTTAWA - After more than 100 years, an American medical museum has returned the partial human remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War. The Department of National Defence would not say...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Canada's Wilkie wins third medal at Paralympics with cross-country sprint bronze
MILAN - Canada's Natalie Wilkie now has a medal of every colour at the Milan Cortina Paralympics after claiming bronze in Tuesday's women's sprint classic standing cross-country skiing race. Wilkie, f...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Canada names 21-player roster for final CONCACAF Women's U-17 Qualifiers
Melyna Alexis, Gabriela Istocki, Lacey Kindel and Reed Tingley, who represented Canada at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, have been named to the Canadian 21-player roster for the final round of ...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston apologizes and reverses some budget cuts amid outcry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says weeks of pointed feedback forced him to recognize his government made some mistakes when it announced $130 million in cuts in his government's last budge...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Serial killer Allan Legere, New Brunswick's 'Monster of the Miramichi,' dead at 78
HALIFAX - Allan Legere, the serial killer known as the "Monster of the Miramichi," has died in prison at the age of 78. Legere died in the maximum security Edmonton Institution, Correctional Service C...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026

Ottawa drops TikTok ban, will now let platform stay in Canada with conditions
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it will allow TikTok to continue operating in Canada now that it has more security guarantees from the social media company to protect Canadians' data. The federal government bann...
The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026