Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary
CALGARY - Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is ...
Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

Montreal transit constables should be better armed, says workplace safety board
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace health and safety board says special constables working in Montreal's transit network are not equipped with the weapons needed to address potentially dangerous and violen...
Miriam Lafontaine, The Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta's school library books ban with satirical story
EDMONTON - Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel "The Handmaid...
Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

Temperatures reach 40 C in Lytton, B.C., as heat warnings persist across province
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the F...
Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

First Nations leaders meet in Winnipeg to talk major infrastructure projects
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of First Nations' annual general assembly kicked off Wednesday with a strong message to government and industry that the countrywide push for major projects won't happen withou...
Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

Neilburg woman marks 100th birthday with family, dignitaries
NEILBURG — More than 150 family, friends and neighbours of Louise Poppleton gathered Aug. 31 to celebrate her 100th birthday. Guests visited the birthday celebrant while admiring photos and well...
Azure McGonigle Sep 03, 2025

Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...
Thomas Laberge, The Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025

Families of Boeing crash victims, including Canadians, make potential final plea for criminal prosecution
DALLAS (AP) - Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing...
Jamie Stengle And Rio Yamat, The Associated Press Sep 03, 2025

Prime Minister Carney says he spoke with Trump 'at length' about trade on Monday
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday evening "at length on a wide range of issues," including trade. The Prime Minister's Office did not d...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Sep 03, 2025
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