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Trudeau appears open to safe opioid supply proposal in Vancouver: mayor
OTTAWA - Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared open to a proposal from the municipality to provide millions in funding for a safe supply of opioids to reduce over...
Nov 21, 2019
Threat from Three: Pelicans' guard Alexander-Walker shows his range
With the New Orleans Pelicans lineup decimated by injuries, Nickeil Alexander-Walker has gone from rookie prospect learning the ropes in the NBA to potent three-point threat off the bench. The shootin...
Nov 21, 2019
Montreal Impact bring back designated players Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact exercised contract options on designated players Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider and nine others Thursday. In bringing Taider back, the Impact made the Algerian in...
Nov 21, 2019
Marvel ‘Voices’ podcast inspires comic book anthology
NEW YORK - A Marvel podcast series is inspiring an anthology of new adventures for some of its most popular superheroes. Actor and rapper Method Man and author Roxane Gay are among the writers being g...
Nov 21, 2019
Ex-NDP leader Tom Mulcair featured at pro-homeopathy conference in Montreal
MONTREAL - Former federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair appeared at a pro-homeopathy conference on Tuesday, much to the dismay of critics who say his presence serves to legitimize a field they...
Nov 21, 2019
'Remember who we're fighting for,' Singh says as NDP caucus sworn into office
OTTAWA - When it comes to Justin Trudeau's minority government cabinet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's more interested in seeing whether the Liberals change the way they g...
Nov 21, 2019
Rattlers vets Suchy & Stigter making history in senior seasons
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Five years ago Shaya Suchy and Amber Stigter came to the Medicine Hat College Rattlers program as strangers looking to make their mark at the collegiate level.Suchy from Guernsey, S...
Nov 21, 2019 MHC Rattlers Shaya Suchy (left) and Amber Stigter (right) setting up to receive a serve Saturday against Red Deer College (Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin)
Pennsylvania on verge of extending time for abuse charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A bill to provide more time to file charges or lawsuits over sexual abuse is on its way to Pennsylvania's governor. The House sent the statute-of-limitations bill to Democratic Gov. ...
Nov 21, 2019
Public Safety once again a sprawling portfolio of pressing concerns
OTTAWA - Just over a year ago, Bill Blair took the reins of a new federal ministry - border security and organized crime reduction - hived off from veteran minister Ralph Goodale's sprawling...
Nov 21, 2019
Bill 22 passes third reading
EDMONTON, AB - A bill that allows the United Conservative Party government to fire the elections commissioner has passed third reading.During Thursday morning's session of the legislature, the bill wa...
Nov 21, 2019 Alberta Legislature