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50 kilograms of meth seized from semi stopped at Alberta-Montana border crossing
CALGARY - Alberta border officers say they have made their largest seizure of methamphetamine at a crossing into Canada from Montana. Agents stopped a semi-truck with an empty trailer for a secon...
Aug 03, 2019
Canadian tennis stars experiencing mixed results heading into Rogers Cup
WASHINGTON - With the eye-catching results from the tennis teens at big tournaments in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami back in March, fans were hoping - almost expecting - that a Canadian dynasty...
Aug 03, 2019
Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is putting Canada's money where his mouth is, promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he becom...
Aug 03, 2019
PM pledges access to medication as pharmacists, patient groups fear shortage
OTTAWA - Canadians will continue to have access to the medications they need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Thursday in the face of escalating worry about a Trump administration decision...
Aug 03, 2019
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai dies of cancer
CALGARY - Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai has died after a brief and aggressive battle with liver cancer. Relatives of the Calgary politician say he passed away Friday in Calgary surrounded by his famil...
Aug 03, 2019
Bank of England says Brexit uncertainties 'more entrenched'
LONDON - The probability that Britain's economy slips into recession early next year is rising even if the country manages to negotiate a smooth and orderly exit from the European Union in the weeks a...
Aug 03, 2019
Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered wife to face disciplinary charges
TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered his wife two days after she filed for divorce now faces a disciplinary hearing before Ontario's medical regulator. The College of Physician...
Aug 03, 2019
Liberals' cannabis possession pardon legislation now in force: justice minister
MONTREAL - Canadians with criminal records for simple pot possession can now apply for a pardon free of cost and with no mandatory five-year waiting period - but they'll have to finish their sentence ...
Aug 03, 2019
Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt
BERLIN - The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice los...
Aug 03, 2019
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexually abusing women, girls
NEW YORK - Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls who attended his concerts as his lawyers continued to label the alleged vic...
Aug 03, 2019