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Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition
OTTAWA - More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug p...
Mar 10, 2022
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA - British Columbia will lift its mask mandate, restore long-term care visits and drop capacity limits on faith gatherings starting Friday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said case...
Mar 10, 2022
Lockout ends as MLB, players reach deal
Baseball writers north and south of the border are reporting that Major League Baseball and the players union have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.Jeff Passan of ESPN tweeted t...
Mar 10, 2022
Kenney tells municipalities no time to super-spend despite soaring oil cash
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is telling municipal leaders that while the province is once again flush with oil cash, now is not the time to put spending into overdrive.Kenney says oil reven...
Mar 10, 2022
Second suspect in truck theft, robbery in custody
BROOKS, AB - RCMP say they've arrested the second suspect in a motor vehicle theft and robbery outside of Brooks last week.Travis Seitz, 31, of Cypress County, was found in Duchess, about 15 kilometre...
Mar 10, 2022
Alberta municipal leaders want referendum on replacing RCMP
Some municipal leaders say Albertans should be able to cast ballots in a referendum on whether to replace the RCMP with a provincial police force.Members of Alberta Municipalities have also voted 144-...
Mar 10, 2022
MP Motz named to oversight committee examining Emergencies Act
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz has been named a member of the oversight committee that will examine the invocation of the Emergencies Act last month.Motz is one of two Co...
Mar 10, 2022
Hatter added to Kerby Centre board
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat resident has been named to the board of directors of Kerby Centre, the operator of the Veiner and Strathcona Centres.Gordon Nott has a long history on community volun...
Mar 10, 2022
Supreme Court agrees to examine constitutionality of Quebec cannabis law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a Quebec law that forbids the growing of cannabis for personal use. Four years ago the federal government legalized recreationa...
Mar 10, 2022
Trial opens for ex-USC coach in college bribery scandal
BOSTON (AP) - A decorated former water polo coach at the University of Southern California is going on trial for his alleged role in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. Opening statement...
Mar 10, 2022