Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Death row, detainment and dire geopolitics cause onslaught of Canadian consular cases
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says deteriorating stability worldwide is causing a massive expansion in the work required to protect Canadians abroad, with the department warning Foreign Affairs Minis...
Oct 13, 2025
Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decim...
Oct 13, 2025
Southern resident killer whales show signs of slow decline toward disappearance
The latest survey of endangered southern resident killer whales confirms their plateau and gradual slide toward disappearance in the absence of stronger measures to protect them, a director with the C...
Oct 13, 2025
Trump urges Israel to seize chance for peace ahead of Egypt summit and presses for Netanyahu pardon
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Donald Trump told Israeli lawmakers on Monday that their country had no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace in the Middle East after two years of w...
Oct 13, 2025
World leaders throw their weight behind the Gaza ceasefire deal
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed "the Summit for Peace" to support ending the two-year war in Gaza after a breakthrough c...
Oct 13, 2025
Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least 42 people
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, auth...
Oct 13, 2025
First 7 hostages released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas released seven hostages on Monday, the first to be freed as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands o...
Oct 12, 2025
Mariners beat Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 1 of American League Championship Series
TORONTO - The Seattle Mariners struck first in the American League Championship Series on Sunday with a 3-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Cal Raleigh hit a solo shot in Seattle's tw...
Oct 12, 2025
Lindgren makes 35 saves as Capitals edge Rangers 1-0
NEW YORK (AP) - Anthony Beauvillier scored in the second period, Charlie Lindgren stopped 35 shots, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 1-0 on Sunday night. Beauvillier's tip-in of a...
Oct 12, 2025
WHL roundup: Vanecek scores late winner, Americans clip Cougars 4-3
PRINCE GEORGE - Jakub Vanecek's goal at 18:45 of the third period snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the visiting Tri-City Americans to a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Prince George Cougar...
Oct 12, 2025