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Patrick Baumann, rising star in Olympic circles, dies at 51
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball’s world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the Youth Olympics. He was 51. Bauman...
Oct 14, 2018
Secret supper clubs test appetite for cannabis-infused food ahead of legalization
VANCOUVER - One of the first questions chef Travis Petersen asks guests as they arrive to his supper club at a semi-secret Vancouver location is how they would gauge their cannabis tolerance. The 34-y...
Oct 14, 2018
No competition: Number of Ontario communities with acclaimed candidates rising
As communities across Ontario gear up for municipal elections later this month, a growing number of candidates face no competition at all. Figures from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario ind...
Oct 14, 2018
A year into #MeToo, survivors' stories resonate online and off: experts
Jenny Wright remembers scrolling through her social media feed a year ago to find “every single woman” on her Facebook page issuing the same simple declaration: #MeToo. As the executive di...
Oct 14, 2018
With Oct. 17 days away, recreational cannabis landscape still hazy
TORONTO - Jimmy’s Cannabis will be opening its doors to the public for the first time on Oct. 17 - but it’s still not clear whether there will be any pot products on its shelves. The Saska...
Oct 14, 2018
Emergency buzzer had been disabled in young man's prison death: report
HALIFAX - An emergency intercom in the jail unit of a young Halifax man who died of a methadone overdose had been improperly disabled by guards who regarded it as a nuisance, according to a correction...
Oct 14, 2018
#AfterMeToo group creating digital centre for suvivors of workplace violence
TORONTO - A Canadian group that pushed for change in the country’s screen industry amid the #MeToo movement is taking matters into its own hands after seeing a lack of action. Actresses Mia Kirs...
Oct 14, 2018
Taliban attack Afghan army base, killing 17 soldiers
KABUL - The Taliban have attacked an army base in western Afghanistan, killing 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials said Sunday. Ghausuddin Noorzai, the district chief in Pusht Rod, s...
Oct 14, 2018
Doctors to debate medical pot as more patients expected to ask for prescriptions
VANCOUVER - Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a...
Oct 14, 2018
Nepal says it has blocked 25,000 websites in pornography ban
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepalese internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government directive aimed at stopping sexual violence, officials said Sunday. The go...
Oct 14, 2018