Author Archives: Syndicated Content

VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson says the lack of government progress on compensating Doukhobors who were wrongfully detained in the 1950s is "disheartening." A statement from Jay Chalke say...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has agreed to resume taking part in media scrums in the legislature after facing accusations he was curtailing press freedom. Two weeks ago, Houston ended the...

WINNIPEG - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has removed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie from an exhibit because of questions about her First Nations identity. The musician and activist was am...

MONTREAL - Montreal-area mayors are denouncing the Quebec government's decision to force a suburb north of the city to cede a piece of land for the expansion of a hazardous waste disposal site. Quebec...

QUBEC - A long-serving minister in Quebec's Coalition Avenir Qubec government has resigned amid a scandal over at least half a billion dollars in cost overruns related to the auto insurance board's on...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges relating to hate speech against Jews and the 3D printing of firearms. Pascal Tribout, 38, was sent...

OTTAWA - Members of diaspora communities are urging Ottawa to get its planned foreign influence transparency registry up and running before the coming general election. Countries engaging in foreign i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that talks to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are "very well advanced" but cautioned that there is only a narrow window to get a deal done to en...

OTTAWA - The federal government has taken administrative steps to obtain full control over a massive Russian cargo plane parked in Toronto, which Ottawa hopes to use to generate financial support for ...

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Charlie Angus is calling for a countrywide consumer boycott of Amazon to protest the online retail giant's closure of seven of its warehouses in Quebec. The closures have elim...