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County denies proposed cannabis production facility over location concerns
Red Deer County's Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) has denied an application to build a major cannabis production and processing facility just north of Red Deer in the Blindman Industrial Park. Cou...
Mar 26, 2019
Study says B.C.'s housing policies mean drug users can be targeted for eviction
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s housing policies are allowing landlords to evict drug users in Vancouver’s rooming houses and there’s little or no recourse for people to defend themse...
Mar 26, 2019
Mounties seize loaded handgun in Maskwacis
A 22-year-old man is facing charges after Mounties searched a residence on the Samson Townsite at Maskwacis and seized a loaded revolver handgun. Police say the Maskwacis RCMP Community Response Unit ...
Mar 26, 2019
Court rejects lawyer's bid to save dangerous pit bull from euthanasia
MONTREAL - A judge on Tuesday rejected a legal bid from a prominent Montreal lawyer and a U.S. animal shelter to save a pit bull-type dog from euthanasia after it attacked six people last August, incl...
Mar 26, 2019
RCMP investigating fatal crash near Stettler
A 57-year-old man is dead after a car and semi-truck collision near Stettler Monday night. RCMP say it happened on Highway 12 at approximately 7:30 p.m. when members responded and found the driver of ...
Mar 26, 2019
Liberal premier calls Prince Edward Island election for April 23
CHARLOTTETOWN - P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan called an early election Tuesday night, announcing an April 23 vote that polls suggest could produce Canada’s first Green Party government. “...
Mar 26, 2019
Independent probe sought in heavy-handed intervention by Montreal subway inspectors
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who was beaten by transit inspectors in a ticketing attempt captured on a bystander video this month broke his silence Tuesday, criticizing what he said was an excessive use ...
Mar 26, 2019
Former Afghanistan hostage Boyle made frantic 911 call about wife, court hears
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle made a frantic, late-night 911 call in December 2017 to say his wife Caitlan Coleman had run screaming from their Ottawa apartment, threatening to kill...
Mar 26, 2019
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Basilashvili to earn quarterfinal spot
MIAMI - Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime knows there are expectations that come with being a breakout star in pro tennis, but he also knows it’s a burden he doesn’t have to bear alone. ...
Mar 26, 2019
Quebec premier defends limiting court challenges of upcoming secularism bill
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault invoked Quebecers’ values, language and distinctiveness Tuesday to justify shielding from court challenge upcoming legislation that will restrict the wearing ...
Mar 26, 2019