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Health minister to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill
MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...
Jan 23, 2020
Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistl...
Jan 23, 2020
Washington man is 1st in US to catch new virus from China
SEATTLE - The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicente...
Jan 23, 2020
Canada's Larry Walker elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
When Larry Walker packed up his car for his first spring training in 1985, he didn't expect to be embarking on a path that would lead him to the National Baseball Hall of...
Jan 23, 2020
Police: Mother says she killed 3 kids found in Phoenix home
PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home after firefighters got a call about a drowning, authorities said Tu...
Jan 23, 2020
Weinstein rape trial opens, marking milestone for #MeToo
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein went on trial Wednesday in a landmark moment for the # MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his Hollywood clout to abuse women for de...
Jan 23, 2020
Quebec professors appeal to Supreme Court ruling on succession to British throne
MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...
Jan 23, 2020
It was heralded as one of Quebec City's earliest fortifications, but was it?
MONTREAL - It was heralded in 2018 as a major historic find: a 15-metre segment of a wood palisade, built in 1693 by French troops and settlers to protect against attacks from British and Indigen...
Jan 23, 2020
Canada brings home first plane-crash victim, pushes Iran to respect families
OTTAWA - The first body of a Canadian who died in the Tehran plane crash has come home, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, as the government pushed Iran to respect the wishes ...
Jan 23, 2020
In St. John's, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's...
Jan 23, 2020