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Ottawa paid $75M for veterans' cannabis last year, could pay $100M this year
OTTAWA - The federal government's effort to rein in the cost of reimbursing veterans for their medical marijuana appears to have failed as new figures show Ottawa shelled out a record $75 million in t...
Sep 07, 2019
Ex-hostage Boyle says he was worried about wife the night she fled their home
OTTAWA - Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle says he was concerned for his wife Caitlan Coleman's safety the winter night she fled their Ottawa apartment in stocking feet, accusing Boyle of assa...
Sep 07, 2019
Mohawks crush Colts to open high school season, Vikings get past Buffalos
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The hunt for a sixth consecutive Rangeland Football Conference title began swimmingly for the Medicine Hat High Mohawks football team on Friday night.Opening their season against th...
Sep 07, 2019 Medicine Hat High Mohawks vs. McCoy Colts October 4, 2018 (Photo courtesy of MHHS Mohawks Parent Booster Club)
Calls for tighter right whale protections ahead of eastern premiers, governors meeting
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Massachusetts' attorney general is calling on political leaders in the United States and Canada to take stronger measures to protect the endangered North Atlantic right wh...
Sep 07, 2019
Hurricane Dorian expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday evening
HALIFAX - The centre of hurricane Dorian was still hundreds of kilometres from the Maritimes when its outer bands started lashing southern New Brunswick and mainland Nova Scotia with strong ...
Sep 07, 2019
Watson races to gold in last tune-up ahead of World Championships
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Sage Watson's final tune-up before the IAAF World Championships went about as well as she could have hoped on Friday.Competing at a Diamond League event in Belgium, Watson dominate...
Sep 07, 2019 Photo courtesy of University of Arizona Track & Field
China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau
OTTAWA - China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. He called that a pressure tactic that is...
Sep 07, 2019
Bandits move Brazeau to OJHL for future considerations
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits have shipped off forward Brandon Brazeau to the Ontario Junior Hockey League after a handful of appearances in the AJHL pre-season.On Friday, the Bandits announced they...
Sep 07, 2019
Raiders cut Antonio Brown before playing a game with team
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders have released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown before he ever played a game for the team. The Raiders announced the decision Saturday, hours after he reque...
Sep 07, 2019
'Please pray for our Bahamasland,' Canadian victim wrote before Dorian hit
Hours before hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas and obliterated entire neighbourhoods, Alishia Sabrina Liolli asked her friends and loved ones on social media to pray for her family and the sma...
Sep 07, 2019