Author Archives: Syndicated Content

RCMP say $56-million cryptocurrency seizure is biggest in Canadian history
MONTREAL - The RCMP say their seizure of $56 million worth of cryptocurrency from an online platform is the largest in Canadian history. The national police force says the exchange platform - TradeOgr...
Sep 18, 2025

Sportsnet and Apple TV reach deal to simulcast Friday's Jays-Royals game
TORONTO - Baseball fans will now be able to watch the Toronto Blue Jays game on Friday night on the team's regular broadcast home in Canada. Sportsnet, the club's Canadian rights-holder, said Thursday...
Sep 18, 2025

Canada Post sending new offers to union with aim of moving talks forward
Canada Post is sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward, the postal service said Thursday. The new terms will allow the two sides to return ...
Sep 18, 2025

UN's top official in Syria is stepping down after 7 years of conflict and tumult
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The official who steered the U.N.'s diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years announced Thursday that he is resigning. Geir Pedersen, who has held diplomatic posts for ...
Sep 18, 2025

Champagne defends budget investments as he sets out to deepen European ties
OTTAWA - The financial returns from Ottawa's capital spending plans in the upcoming fall budget will help Canada pay down the deficit in later years, Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said o...
Sep 18, 2025

Conservatives push for a 'three-strikes' law, tougher sanctions for domestic violence
OTTAWA - The Conservatives introduced a law in the House of Commons on Thursday that would classify the killing of an intimate partner as a first-degree murder. The private members' bill was introduce...
Sep 18, 2025

Gunman kills 2 at Israeli-run crossing between West Bank and Jordan. 4 soldiers killed in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Jordanian aid truck driver opened fire and killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, officials said. The Israeli military also said ...
Sep 18, 2025

Republican alleges FBI has names of Epstein clients, including 'billionaire' Canadian
WASHINGTON - A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday alleged the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has the names of some of the late Jeffrey Epstein's clients, including a "billionaire from Canada." Rep...
Sep 18, 2025

Quebec follows Alberta's move to stop offering COVID vaccine for free to most people
Quebec is now the second province after Alberta to announce it will no longer offer free doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its entire population, starting this fall. The decision matches a similar poli...
Sep 18, 2025

Quebec politician to close Facebook page, unable to filter hate-filled posts, spam
MONTREAL - A member of Quebec's legislature says she will take down her professional Facebook page, unable to filter the hateful comments and spam it regularly attracts. Christine Labrie of leftist pa...
Sep 18, 2025