Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist's home disrupted by FBI and NYPD
NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement officials disrupted a plot to firebomb the New York City home of a prominent Palestinian activist, according to a criminal complaint and an interview with the targeted ...
Mar 27, 2026

Quebec Superior Court authorizes class action against Uber over cancellation fees
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Uber that accuses the San Francisco-based company of violating the province's Consumer Protection Act with its cancel...
Mar 27, 2026

Search resumes for man who fell through the ice on Montreal river
MONTREAL - Police are searching for a man who fell through the ice on Thursday in the Prairies River in Montreal. They say two young men were walking on the frozen surface of the river in Montreal's l...
Mar 27, 2026

Federal government reports deficit of $31.2B for its April-to-January period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the ...
Mar 27, 2026

House ethics panel finds Florida congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the House Ethics Committee found Friday in a ruling that coul...
Mar 27, 2026

Carney's budget bill becomes law after passing final Senate hurdle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government. The budget implementation act, Bill C-15, received royal assent Thursday ev...
Mar 27, 2026

Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital and heads home to serve his 27-year sentence
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in the capital on Friday to continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upsca...
Mar 27, 2026

Ottawa announces $28.9M for carbon capture and other clean tech projects
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is doling out $28.9 million in funding for a series of carbon capture and renewable energy projects across Canada today. The money is coming from Canada...
Mar 27, 2026

Purdue offensive lineman Giordano Vaccaro keeping open mind for CFL draft
The heavy lifting is done but the job certainly isn't finished for Giordano Vaccaro. The six-foot-two, 307-pound offensive lineman won't test at the CFL combine, which begins Friday in Edmonton, after...
Mar 27, 2026

'This is people's lives': Canadian soccer star Quinn continues trans advocacy
VANCOUVER - A Canadian soccer star is speaking out about the need to make sports safe for trans athletes - and the world safer for trans people - as restrictive laws come into effect across North Amer...
Mar 27, 2026