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Imperial Tobacco gets into vaping business, but still leading cigarette seller
TORONTO - Using World No Tobacco Day as a backdrop, Imperial Tobacco officially unveiled a vaping product to the Canadian market Thursday, saying the company is moving to help transition smokers away ...
May 31, 2018
QuickQuotes: Industry reacts to U.S. tariffs and Canadian retaliation
The U.S. is making good on its threat to impose tariffs on Canadian-made steel and aluminum, prompting Canada is imposing dollar-for-dollar tariff “countermeasures” on up to $16.6 billion ...
May 31, 2018
'It's heartbreaking:' Malnourished, tiny bear cub found near mother's dead body
TOFINO, B.C. - John Forde stood silently near the body of a dead female black bear as two little eyes stared back at him from a nearby bush. The bear cub was about the size of a Jack Russell terrier, ...
May 31, 2018
Six months added to sentence of Toronto officer convicted in Yatim shooting
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer convicted in the fatal shooting of a troubled teen on an empty streetcar has had six months added to his prison sentence after pleading guilty to perjury, his lawyer...
May 31, 2018
Senate defeats Conservative bid to impose blanket ban on homegrown marijuana
OTTAWA - The Senate has rejected an attempt to prohibit Canadians from growing a small number of marijuana plants at home once recreational cannabis is legalized. Conservative Sen. Vern White proposed...
May 31, 2018
Eggen lauds impact of Classroom Improvement Fund increase in Red Deer visit
Alberta's Education Minister David Eggen stopped by Joseph Welsh Elementary School in Red Deer on Thursday to see first-hand how increases to the government's Classroom Improvement Fund (CIF) are impa...
May 31, 2018
CFL players weigh in on the new footballs introduced for 2018 season
Some CFL players noticed subtle changes in the feel of the football at training camps this year. Others were oblivious and were surprised when informed the league has introduced new balls. The CFL rol...
May 31, 2018
Young Canadian side beats Turkey at prestigious Toulon soccer tournament
VITROLLES, France - Noah Verhoeven’s 80th-minute goal gave Canada a 1-0 victory over Turkey on Thursday at the Festival International Espoirs in France. Canada, making its debut at the prestigio...
May 31, 2018
Security committee of parliamentarians delivers report on PM's ill-fated India trip
OTTAWA - The national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians has delivered a special report to Justin Trudeau on the prime minister’s ill-fated trip to India. But the public can...
May 31, 2018
Geoff Ward, Ryan Huska named assistant coaches to Bill Peters in Calgary
CALGARY - Geoff Ward and Ryan Huska were named assistants to new Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters on Thursday. Ward, from Waterloo, Ont., and Huska, from Cranbrook, B.C., join assistant coach Mar...
May 31, 2018