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Advocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants Canada to consider expanding access to psychedelics as medical treatments. May was among the MPs who joined a delegation of patients and health-care pra...
Feb 14, 2023
MPs want Canada to match more charities for Turkey and Syria earthquake donations
OTTAWA - A cross-section of MPs say Ottawa should cost-match donations to more organizations who are responding to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Officials from Global Affairs are testif...
Feb 14, 2023
Southern Alberta ranchers conserving land to help protect drinking water for cities
ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB - A rancher-led conservation group says it's helping to protect drinking water in cities such as Calgary by safeguarding some of southern Alberta's most valuable private land.The...
Feb 14, 2023
Veteran receiver Lawler rejoins Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL free agency
WINNIPEG - Kenny Lawler is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Bombers signed the veteran American receiver to a two-year contract Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency. The six-foot-three, 1...
Feb 14, 2023
Father seemed agitated ahead of girls' murders, grandmother tells Quebec inquiry
QUEBEC - The maternal grandmother of two young Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 says he seemed agitated and nervous in the lead up to the murders. Gatane Tremblay testified today at a ...
Feb 14, 2023
Canada Soccer Business says it has been misunderstood, offers to help national teams
Canada Soccer Business, the little-known entity that represents Canada Soccer's corporate partnerships and broadcast rights among other assets, is tired of getting slagged. And it says it wants to hel...
Feb 14, 2023
Ottawa Redblacks sign free-agent defensive back Brooks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American defensive back Cariel Brooks to one-year contract Tuesday. Brooks, 31, spent five seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He had 35 tackles and six pass kno...
Feb 14, 2023
Boxing Canada to boycott women's championships over Russian, Belarusian involvement
TORONTO - Boxing Canada announced Tuesday it is joining a boycott of the upcoming women's world championships due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. President Ryan O'Shea said in...
Feb 14, 2023
Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached Conflict of Interest Act with letter, watchdog rules
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached the Conflict of Interest Act by writing a letter to Canada's broadcast regulator to support a television channel's applica...
Feb 14, 2023
Argos GM Pinball Clemons won't be running to replace Tory as Toronto mayor
TORONTO - The timing still isn't right for Michael (Pinball) Clemons to dive into politics. With John Tory soon to make his exit from his post as Toronto's mayor, the Toronto Argonauts general manager...
Feb 14, 2023