Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Soccer official with Iranian ties says he is shocked national team won't play in B.C.
VICTORIA - Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the Iranian national team play for the World Cup, and when he heard that Iran could be playing in Vancouver in th...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Monster Spectacular roars at Brandt Centre in the spring
REGINA — Monster Spectacular, the motorsports family show mixing racing, showmanship, and fan excitement into one live show, roars into Regina on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. Monster Spectacular ...
SaskToday Dec 07, 2025

Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA - Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent mu...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals 'fun' at Putnam competition
ST. JOHN'S - Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William L...
Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Maidstone RCMP ask for sightings of suspicious Ford F-150
MAIDSTONE — Maidstone RCMP are asking the public to watch out for a suspicious vehicle and persons, considered armed and dangerous. This is after a report of an attempted robbery from the yard o...
SaskToday Dec 07, 2025

Heavier loads of cargo can be carried starting Monday
Semis will be able to haul more cargo once winter weight limits in northern Saskatchewan take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. Winter weights mean the roadbed under pavement is frozen enough to support hea...
Ryan Young Dec 07, 2025

Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA - Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Canada's crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges?
VANCOUVER - A team of Canada Revenue Agency "cryptoasset auditors" has been mining a rich seam of unpaid taxes, working on more than 200 files and reaping more $100 million in the last three years. Wh...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more
MONTREAL - Montrealers and others across the country paused to pay tribute Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at Polytechnique Montral 36 years ago simply because they were women. The prime mi...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Dec 06, 2025
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