Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoo...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

First Nation says it was shortchanged by millions for land in 2002 settlement
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government paid a nearly $18-million settlement to the Lax Kw'alaams Band in 2002 over land that was given to a different band then sold to a railway more than a century ago, ...
Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

Safety board investigates after second train derailment in B.C. within a week
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train. It's the second time this month a CPKC train has been involv...
Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely 'very difficult project': aviation experts
Repairing a WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island's airport for a day will be a challenge, say aviation experts. Videos of WestJet Flight W...
Vanessa Tiberio, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

Closing grain prices Tuesday, September 9
Durum: 282.27 Feed Barley: 203.59 Canola: &n...
Ryan Young Sep 09, 2025

Battle that led to Haiti's independence among names of new Montreal metro stations
MONTRAL - Montreal's outgoing mayor says she hopes a major project to extend the subway system into the city's east end will chart a path forward for other public transit developments. On Tuesday, Val...
Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

Bill Daly: NHL expects decision on Hockey Canada five 'in the relatively near future'
LAS VEGAS - NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says he expects a decision soon from the league on the status of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted at trial in a high-profile sexual assault cas...
Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025
$10M in one-time funding for First Nations University of Canada
REGINA — The Mastercard Foundation has announced funding of $10 million for First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), part of a $235 million investment from their Recognizing Leadership in Re...
SaskToday Sep 09, 2025

Quebecers have strongest opinions against public prayer, Leger poll suggests
MONTREAL - Quebecers support a ban on public prayer more than anywhere else in the country, says a new poll published this week. The Leger poll surveyed Canadians across the country after the Quebec g...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025

Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies, tells of finding God
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in 2023 is testifying at his trial, telling the court how he found religion. Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Sep 09, 2025












