Author Archives: Syndicated Content

9.0 quake in B.C. could kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
VICTORIA - Minutes after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island one summer's day, thousands of British Columbians are dead or injured in the wreckage - then comes the tsunami,...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025

Whitecaps FC to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Messi no-show in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When soccer superstar Lionel Messi was a no-show for Inter Miami's match with the Whitecaps in Vancouver in May 2024, they let their feelings be known with chants of "Where is Messi?" But ...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025

Salvation Army needs provincial support after fire destroys PA location
PRINCE ALBERT — The Salvation Army is working on plans to utilize resources from other branches across Saskatchewan after a fire tore through the Prince Albert warming centre location on Christm...
Martin Oldhues Dec 29, 2025

Import restrictions in place due to FMD identified in Cyprus
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has been detected in Cyprus, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). As a result, the CFIA implemented import restrictions on commodities f...
Ryan Young Dec 29, 2025

Farmers face new challenge as group 14-resistant kochia spreads across western Canada
A new study shows that Group 14-resistant kochia has developed and spread rapidly across Western Canada. Group 14 is an important herbicide group for controlling the prolific weed because it al...
Kevin Hursh Dec 29, 2025

Closing grain prices Monday, December 29
Durum: 274.92 Feed Barley: 213.59 Canola: 530.72 (down 30 cents) Chickpeas: 595.25 Flax: 626.04 Lentils: 494.50 Oats: 158.00 Yellow Peas: 267.32 Feed Wheat: 169.58 1 Red Spring Wheat: 248.13 (up 1.99)
Ryan Young Dec 29, 2025

9.0 quake in B.C. would kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
VICTORIA - A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island. The scenario of...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025

Anand affirms Canada's view that Ukraine must control decisions about its sovereignty
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she told her Ukrainian counterpart Monday that decisions about Ukraine's sovereignty must be made by Kyiv itself. Anand's conversation with Andrii Sy...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025

Whitecaps FC to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Lionel Messi no-show
VANCOUVER - A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over the non-appearance of soccer superstar Lionel Messi and other Inter Miami players in a match against Vancouver Whiteca...
Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025

B.C. wildfire season scorched more than 8,800 square kilometres
VICTORIA - British Columbia's 2025 wildfire season was about a third as destructive as the record-setting season two years earlier. The Ministry of Forests says in a statement that 8,864 square kilome...
Canadian Press Dec 29, 2025










