Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Restaurants "used as a pawn" as BCGEU strike expands to liquor stores
BURNABY - Some of British Columbia's most lucrative liquor stores were behind picket lines on Wednesday as the union for public service workers tries to pressure the government to go back to the barga...
Sep 24, 2025

Canada's Dorris takes silver, Jibb earns bronze at para swimming world championships
SINGAPORE - Danielle Dorris earned a silver medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke S7, and Mary Jibb took bronze in the women's 100 freestyle S9 on Wednesday at the world para swimming championship...
Sep 24, 2025

Canada's Dorris takes silver, Jibb earns bronze at para swimming world championships
SINGAPORE - Danielle Dorris earned a silver medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke S7, and Mary Jibb took bronze in the women's 100 freestyle S9 on Wednesday at the world para swimming championship...
Sep 24, 2025

India's new top envoy in Canada starts term as signs emerge of a thaw in relations
OTTAWA - India's new high commissioner to Canada officially started his job on Wednesday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials. "We're g...
Sep 24, 2025

Budget watchdog sounds alarm about Ottawa's 'unsustainable' fiscal path
OTTAWA - "Stupefying," "shocking" and "unsustainable" - those were just some of the words Ottawa's fiscal watchdog used Thursday to describe his scathing forecast for federal finances ahead of a long-...
Sep 24, 2025

Quebec family doctors to stop teaching medical students amid dispute with province
MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...
Sep 24, 2025

Canada's Shapovalov, Andreescu lose as tennis season starts Asian swing
Canada's Denis Shapovalov fell 7-5, 6-3 to Germany's Daniel Altmaier on Wednesday in first-round action at the Japan Open tennis tournament. Altmaier converted four of his eight break-point chances, w...
Sep 24, 2025

Canada's Diallo, Shapovalov, Andreescu lose as tennis season starts Asian swing
TOKYO - Canada's Gabriel Diallo pushed second-seeded Taylor Fritz to a third-set tiebreak, but ultimately lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in first-round action Thursday at the Japan Open tennis tournament. Dia...
Sep 24, 2025

More Canadians report being affected by extreme weather after hot, dry summer: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians say they are being affected by extreme weather following one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. A Leger poll of 1,500 people conducted online between ...
Sep 24, 2025

No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...
Sep 24, 2025