Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Jack Farrell and Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade....
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Churchill portrait thief loses appeal, heads to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The man who stole the "Roaring Lion" portrait of Winston Churchill from the Chteau Laurier in Ottawa in January 2022 lost his appeal of his sentence on Thursday. Jeffrey Wood, who pleaded gui...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Senator tries again to put limits on prisons' use of solitary confinement
OTTAWA - Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice. She told The Canadian Press the situati...
Justin Escoto, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Navy commander says he's 'not looking' to have new sub fleet built in Canada
GEOJE - The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy is pouring cold water on the notion that Canada could see its new fleet of submarines built domestically - although he's not ruling out the idea altoge...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Quebec doctor crisis deepens as longtime minister resigns
QUBEC - A longtime Quebec minister has resigned from caucus, deepening a crisis engulfing the Quebec government over a recently passed law imposing a new payment system on the province's doctors. Soci...
Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Opening grain prices Thursday, October 30
Durum: 282.27 Feed Barley: 203.59 Canola:  ...
Ryan Young Oct 30, 2025

Lise Bacon, former Quebec cabinet minister, senator, dead at 91
MONTREAL - Lise Bacon, a former senator and Quebec cabinet minister who was the first woman to hold the post of deputy premier, has died at the age of 91. Her death on Wednesday was confirmed by natio...
Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Saskatchewan Roughriders' OL Jermarcus Hardrick, head coach Corey Mace named finalists for CFL awards
The Canadian Football League has named its finalists for their individual year-end awards. Quarterbacks Bo Levi Mitchell from Hamilton and B.C.'s Nathan Rourke have been nominated for the George Reed ...
Dave Thomas Oct 30, 2025
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