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Edmonton Christian couple says adoption nixed over their views on sexuality
EDMONTON - An evangelical Christian couple is accusing Alberta of discrimination, claiming their application to adopt a child was rejected over their religious views on gay marriage and homosexuality....
Nov 07, 2017
Residents raise concerns about discarded needles, public health workers say harm reduction programs part of solution
As harm reduction programs grow across the country, providing clean needles to drug users, residents in some communities are calling on local governments to do more to clean up public spaces where the...
Nov 07, 2017
Public wholesale, private retail will make up Manitoba marijuana regime
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says marijuana will be sold in the province exclusively through private-sector retail outlets and online stores when recreational use of the drug is legaliz...
Nov 07, 2017
Senator accuses CRA of doing little to fight offshore tax evasion
OTTAWA - About one-fifth of a group of wealthy Canadians who took part in a federal government survey last year didn’t believe that a proposed advertising campaign about a federal crackdown on t...
Nov 07, 2017
Canadiens goalie Price to miss "a few more days" with lower body injury
BROSSARD, Que. - The lower body injury suffered by goaltender Carey Price last week is not related to a knee injury that caused him to miss most of the 2015-16 season, Montreal Canadiens coach Claude ...
Nov 07, 2017
McKenna has no regrets about fighting back publicly against sexist comments
OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she hadn’t planned to confront a reporter from the Rebel during a news conference last week, but when the right-wing website posed th...
Nov 07, 2017
Vancouver readies homeowners for empty homes tax; first payments in February
VANCOUVER - Owners of secondary homes in Vancouver that sat vacant for more than six months this year will soon have to pay a new empty homes tax, but it remains to be seen whether it’s having a...
Nov 07, 2017
Leafs star Matthews sits out practice, will be re-evaluated before Wild game
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews sat out today’s practice as he continues to recover from what the team calls “general soreness.” Matthews was a game-time decision bef...
Nov 07, 2017
Singh sets sights on opioid crisis, pushes PM to decriminalize all drugs
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider decriminalizing all illegal drugs in an effort to combat Canada’s escalating opioid crisis. Singh, who campa...
Nov 07, 2017
Experts see some relief for Vancouver's tight housing market by late 2018
VANCOUVER - A real estate association watching Metro Vancouver’s tight and costly housing market predicts conditions should begin to ease by the third quarter of 2018. The British Columbia Real ...
Nov 07, 2017