Author Archives: Syndicated Content

VANCOUVER - Fans attending FIFA World Cup matches will have to leave their vuvuzelas at home. Vuvuzelas gained worldwide attention during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the plastic horns be...

KAMLOOPS - The judge in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial of Vitali Stefanski warned jury members to prepare for graphic evidence as they were shown photos of the body of his ex-wife, found off a fo...

TORONTO - The World Health Organization is calling on countries to remove any travel restrictions recently imposed on people coming from Ebola-affected countries. The request comes days after Canada s...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to extend measures to support the domestic steel and aluminum industry through tariff headwinds for another year. Finance Canada says a remission program that pay...

OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller won't say when his department ordered a financial audit of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages after it received anonymous complaints...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has rejected a Conservative call to hive off the most controversial section of a bill to help police and spies into a separate piece of legislation....

OTTAWA - It was the "honour of a lifetime" to serve as the representative of the Crown in Canada for the past five years, outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon said in a speech to parliamentarians on Wednesda...

TORONTO - Ontario's incoming interim Treasury Board president says there will be "flexibility" in work arrangements for public service employees during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Finance Minister Pe...

VICTORIA - Workers at a renowned British Columbia hotel have served strike notice in what is the latest in a series of labour actions taken as the province prepares to welcome World Cup travellers lat...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's premier was on hand to lend a hand as Lumi the orphaned lynx began her new life at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo. Lumi was found last fall after a dog injured her and killed he...