Author Archives: Syndicated Content

B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in 'real' projects
SURREY - Lifting the oil tanker ban off British Columbia's North Coast for a nonexistent pipeline from Alberta would endanger billions in other real investments that Premier David Eby says will need t...
Oct 14, 2025

Dallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon church
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice, was named Tuesday to lead The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its more than 17 million members worldwide. Oak...
Oct 14, 2025

Canadian flotilla activists released from Israeli detention share their experiences
TORONTO - Two Canadians who were on board a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces say their experience in detention was "horrific" and they are relieved to finally be home. Ontari...
Oct 14, 2025

Driver following too close behind van charged in Georgia crash that killed 3 adults, 5 children
ATLANTA (AP) - The driver of a semitrailer following too close behind a van has been arrested on homicide charges in a fiery crash that killed three adults and five children on a Georgia highway, law ...
Oct 14, 2025

'Razor’s edge of survival': Eby calls for attention on softwood amid tariff hike
British Columbia's softwood industry is facing an "existential threat" from increasing U.S. tariffs that needs to be treated with the same urgency by the federal government as threats to Canadian stee...
Oct 14, 2025

A passenger bus in northern India catches fire and burns at least 20 people to death
NEW DELHI (AP) - A suspected short circuit sparked a fire on a passenger bus in northern India on Tuesday, rapidly engulfing the vehicle in flames and burning at least 20 people to death, authorities ...
Oct 14, 2025

CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked "adequate policies and procedures" to manage a confidential technology for collecting information, says a newly released spy watchdog report....
Oct 14, 2025

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Those who died in the s...
Oct 14, 2025

Details on housing development charges expected in budget: Robertson
OTTAWA - The office of federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the Liberal government remains committed to cutting municipal development charges in half, after the minister was vague about fulf...
Oct 14, 2025

Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi looks to keep climbing the UFC rankings
In a sport that features multiple attacks, Aiemann Zahabi's most potent weapon may be his brain. The 37-year-old bantamweight from Montreal, who has fought and thought his way to No. 9 in the UFC bant...
Oct 14, 2025