Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ottawa extending 2% alcohol tax hike cap for another 2 years
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs for Canada's brewers, wineries and distilleries. Changes to l...
Mar 31, 2026
Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial
TORONTO - Lawyers are set to begin their final submissions today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. The defence's last witnesses - two Peel Region police officer...
Mar 31, 2026
Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change. The study, whi...
Mar 31, 2026
SJHL semi-final matchups set after Yorkton Terriers and Weyburn Red Wings advance on
The Yorkton Terriers are moving on. The Terriers advanced to the second round of the SJHL playoffs with a 4–1 win over the Melville Millionaires in Game 6 Monday night, capturing the best-o...
Mar 30, 2026
Ottawa allows temporary use of gopher poison in Alberta, Saskatchewan
OTTAWA - Ottawa is temporarily allowing the return of the rodent poison strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan as those provinces grapple with gopher infestations. A statement from the federal ministe...
Mar 30, 2026
VIDEO: Provincial skills competition hosts hundreds of students in Regina
REGINA — Sparks flew, sawdust scattered and creativity took centre stage as nearly 300 students, apprentices and young professionals gathered in Regina on Friday for the Skills Canada Saska...
Mar 30, 2026
Kahkewistahaw FN welcomes bison back to the land
KAHKEWISTAHAW FIRST NATION — In a collaboration with the Government of Saskatchewan and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), 16 plains bison were translocated from NCC’s Old Man on His ...
Mar 30, 2026
B.C.-based pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, listed as terrorist entity, is dissolved
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024, has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation,...
Mar 30, 2026
Vancouver-based pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science an...
Mar 30, 2026
Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B....
Mar 30, 2026
