Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Prescription painkillers shortage in Canada expected to continue into new year
TORONTO - Pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a nationwide disrup...
Nov 03, 2025

Former Bloc MP who lost by single vote says she will appeal to Supreme Court
MONTREAL - The former Bloc MP who lost her Quebec riding by a single vote is taking the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagn says she will appeal a recent Quebec Superior C...
Nov 03, 2025

Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker up for CPL Player of the year Award for a sixth time
Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker has been nominated for the Canadian Premier League's Player of the Year Award for a sixth time. Bekker, who won the award in 2020, is up against Atletico Ottawa's David Ro...
Nov 03, 2025

Delgado, Kent, Sheffield and Valenzuela join Hall ballot with Bonds, Clemens, Mattingly and Murphy
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy were held over on the Hall of Fame's contemporary baseball era committee ballot and will be joined next month by Carl...
Nov 03, 2025

Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado judge on Monday rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the decea...
Nov 03, 2025

Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns
OTTAWA - A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can't maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country. It warns the ...
Nov 03, 2025

Carney asked Ford 'a couple of times' to pull anti-tariff ad, premier says
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney called Doug Ford "a couple of times" from Asia to ask him to pull an ad campaign that's being blamed for ending trade talks with the United States, the Ontario pre...
Nov 03, 2025

Sweden to send its royals, industry chiefs in delegation to Canada this month
OTTAWA - Sweden is sending a large delegation of some of its most prominent people to Canada later this month as it seeks closer ties across the Arctic. Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will welc...
Nov 03, 2025

Canada's Auger-Aliassime puts ATP Finals qualification at risk with Metz withdrawal
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is pulling out of this week's Moselle Open, a move that prioritizes his health while putting a berth in the elite ATP Finals at risk. The 25-year-old from Mo...
Nov 03, 2025

Government expects fewer questions on foreign aid from weakened NDP: briefing note
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada briefing note suggests the department expects fewer questions in the House of Commons about possible cuts to foreign aid because of the much-reduced NDP caucus. "A dec...
Nov 03, 2025