Author Archives: Syndicated Content

B.C. court orders alleged U.S fraudster to explain millions sent to disbarred lawyer
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered a man accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud in the United States to explain the source of "large sums" of money ...
Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

Company fined $8,000 for worker injury
CARLYLE — SMK Contracting pleaded guilty in Carlyle Provincial Court Dec. 10 to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The charges stemmed from an incident that o...
SaskToday Dec 23, 2025

How can E. coli survive in frozen and microwaved Pillsbury Pizza Pops?
TORONTO - A Pillsbury brand Pizza Pop may not seem like an obvious candidate for E. coli - given the freezing and heating that goes on before it reaches the consumer's lips - but foodborne illness exp...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

Skate the Park at Echo Valley Provincial Park opens Boxing Day
QU'APPELLE — Skate the Park at Echo Valley Provincial Park opens Dec. 26. Skate the Park will be lit up with thousands of twinkling lights and will feature a new Winter Olympics theme that i...
SaskToday Dec 23, 2025

Purple haze in the sky over Delta, B.C., sets off awe, curiosity and questions
On the darkest nights of winter when the cloud cover is just right, there's a purple haze above parts of Metro Vancouver and it has nothing to do with Christmas or Jimi Hendrix. Cathy Latremouille sai...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

Quebecers urged to avoid ERs amid flu and respiratory virus 'maelstrom'
MONTREAL - Quebecers are being urged to avoid unnecessary emergency-room visits amid what one infectious-disease doctor is calling a respiratory virus "maelstrom." McGill University Health Centre doct...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

Closing grain prices Tuesday, December 23
Durum: 274.92 Feed Barley: 213.59 Canola: 527.62 (down 12.30) Chickpeas: 595.25 Flax: 626.04 Lentils: 494.50 Oats: 158.00 Yellow Peas: 267.32 Feed Wheat: 169.58 1 Red Spring Wheat: 247.54 (down 66 cen...
Ryan Young Dec 23, 2025

Fact File: Santa Claus received Canadian citizenship, but nationality disputed
Canada says Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen, and it claims Canadian sovereignty extends to his North Pole residence and workshop. While the federal government did proclaim Santa's Canadian citizensh...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

QuickList on the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Tuesday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26. Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party...
Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025

Convicted terrorist Said Namouh still poses risk of violent extremism: parole board
MONTREAL - A Quebec man convicted in 2009 of plotting international terrorist attacks with a group tied to al-Qaida has not deradicalized and would still pose a risk to society if released, the Parole...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2025










