Author Archives: Syndicated Content

CFL fines Ottawa Redblacks $18,002 for violating 2025 salary cap
TORONTO - The CFL fined the Ottawa Redblacks $18,002 on Friday for violating the league's salary cap last season. The fine equals the amount by which the team exceeded the cap of $6,062,365. The viola...
Apr 24, 2026

Blue Jays make changes after Hoffman's struggles, team to go with closer by committee
TORONTO - After struggling to consistently close out games this season, Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman had his closer tag removed Friday as the team opted for "shared responsibility" of ninth...
Apr 24, 2026

Bring military, spy agencies under federal whistleblower law, review report urges
OTTAWA - A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government's whistleblowing regime. The recommend...
Apr 24, 2026

Federal government delays plan to shut down Quebec food allergy lab: union
OTTAWA - A union representing Canadian Food Inspection Agency employees says the federal government is delaying a plan to shutter a food allergy testing lab in Quebec by two years. The Agriculture Uni...
Apr 24, 2026

Lawyers urge federal ban on U.S. forced labour imports, cars built by prisoners
OTTAWA - Human rights lawyers are calling on Ottawa to ban American imports that stem from forced labour linked to automotive firms using prisoner work in Alabama, under the same law meant to block pr...
Apr 24, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 'deeply sorry' over Tumbler Ridge shooting where 8 were killed
The head of an artificial intelligence company that admitted it knew of the troubling behaviour of a woman before she killed eight and wounded dozens more in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has apologized for no...
Apr 24, 2026

Veterans Affairs ending Commissionaires' $330M federal contracting right
OTTAWA - The largest private sector employer of veterans in Canada is calling on the Liberal government to reverse a decision to end a federal contracting entitlement which grants it first dibs on fed...
Apr 24, 2026

Manitoba Métis president rebukes AFN chief over call for withdrawal of treaty
OTTAWA - The president of the Manitoba Mtis Federation is accusing the Assembly of First Nations of misleading people about legislation that would codify the federation's right to self-government. On ...
Apr 24, 2026

What you need to know about the new Enbridge LNG pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said on Friday that the federal government has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia. Here's a quick rundown...
Apr 24, 2026

Actions of ex-Mountie charged under security law affront Canadian sovereignty: Crown
VANCOUVER - The actions of a former RCMP officer accused of violating security law for the benefit of Chinese authorities were an affront to Canadian sovereignty, a Crown prosecutor told British Colum...
Apr 24, 2026