Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Senator tries again to put limits on prisons' use of solitary confinement
OTTAWA - Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice. She told The Canadian Press the situati...
Oct 30, 2025
Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Oct 30, 2025
Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Oct 30, 2025
Winnipeg high school football player who sustained spinal injury in game has died
WINNIPEG - A high school football player who sustained a severe spinal injury in a game earlier this month died in hospital Wednesday night, the Winnipeg School Division said Thursday. "It is with dee...
Oct 30, 2025
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It'll be mostly white South Africans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the Un...
Oct 30, 2025
Atletico Ottawa, Forge FC make up seven of 10 nominees for CPL Players' Player Award
TORONTO - Four Atletico Ottawa players and three from Forge FC are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Players' Player of the Year award. The award is the only one decided by the ...
Oct 30, 2025
Nationals finalizing hire of 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, AP source says
The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday ...
Oct 30, 2025
Nationals finalizing hire of 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, AP source says
The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday ...
Oct 30, 2025
Lise Bacon, former Quebec cabinet minister, senator, dead at 91
MONTREAL - Lise Bacon, a former senator and Quebec cabinet minister who was the first woman to hold the post of deputy premier, has died at the age of 91. Her death on Wednesday was confirmed by natio...
Oct 30, 2025
Fans buzzing as Blue Jays look for one more win to claim World Series in Toronto
TORONTO - An hour before the Toronto Blue Jays' merchandise store at Rogers Centre was set to open Thursday morning, Fay Dietrich stood in line among dozens of other fans in the drizzling rain. She sa...
Oct 30, 2025