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Senator to stop blocking some DOJ jobs over pot
WASHINGTON - Colorado’s Republican U.S. senator said Thursday he will stop blocking nominees for some Justice Department jobs, saying he is encouraged by recent conversations with federal offici...
Feb 15, 2018
Sun Life Financial to add medical pot option to group benefits plans
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial Inc. is adding medical marijuana coverage as an option for its group benefits plans, signalling an insurance industry shift and growing acceptance of the drug that bodes w...
Feb 15, 2018
Ontario First Nation and province to remove caribou from wolf-infested island
Members of an Ontario First Nation say they plan to continue the relocation of an endangered herd of caribou off a remote island where they’re being slaughtered by wolves. The Michipicoten First...
Feb 15, 2018
Mom of Indigenous man shot dead by police: 'What did he do that was so bad?'
TORONTO - The grieving mother of a young Indigenous man killed by police in northern Ontario spoke out Thursday, saying the family remains in shock and still doesn’t understand why her son died....
Feb 15, 2018
Indigenous tattoo revival renews cultural appropriation concerns
Believing a centuries-old Indigenous tradition had been all but erased, Interior Salish tattoo artist Dion Kaszas decided to use his body to resurrect the ways of his ancestors, with a needle and ink....
Feb 15, 2018
Feds forced to pony up extra $800M to pay for support to injured troops, vets
OTTAWA - The federal government is blaming an increase in the number of military personnel struggling with PTSD and other psychological trauma for a multimillion-dollar shortfall in a government-backe...
Feb 15, 2018
ASDC-Central Female Athlete of the Month: Kate Hawkins
A 14 year-old cross-country skier from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central Female Athlete of the Month for February. Kate Hawkins is a grade 8 French Immersion stude...
Feb 15, 2018
All-star experience still special for DeRozan in his fourth time playing
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan heads to Los Angeles this weekend appreciative of how far he’s come in life and basketball. The Raptors guard was 14 the first time the NBA’s all-star game rolled t...
Feb 15, 2018
Indigenous leaders question Quebec's commitment to feds' new framework
OTTAWA - First Nations leaders are welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pledge to revamp the federal government’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples, but some Quebec chiefs fear the...
Feb 15, 2018
Man who left Quebec hospital with father's body was determined to bury him
MONTREAL - A spat over a death certificate prompted a man to abruptly leave a Montreal-area hospital with the body of his deceased father earlier this week. A spokeswoman for the Anna-Laberge Hospital...
Feb 15, 2018