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Health Canada to allow importation of drugs needed to treat opioid addiction
TORONTO - Provinces and territories are now able to import urgently needed medications that are not available in Canada to treat the growing incidence of opioid dependence under new Health Canada regu...
Jun 28, 2017
A look at key events in the triple-murder investigation of Derek Saretzky
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Derek Saretzky was found guilty Wednesday in the killing of a father, a toddler and a senior in southwestern Alberta. A jury convicted the 24-year-old of three counts of first-degr...
Jun 28, 2017
White House reporter says he's tired of being bullied
NEW YORK - The reporter who accused White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders of inflaming the public against the media at a press briefing says he did it because he’s tired of being bullie...
Jun 28, 2017
Orlando City star Cyle Larin told he can expect Canada recall at Gold Cup
TORONTO - Cyle Larin’s absence from the Canadian soccer team could be a short one. Coach Octavio Zambrano said Wednesday that he plans to recall the Orlando City star striker for the knockout st...
Jun 28, 2017
Ontario proposes banning real estate agents from representing seller and buyer
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing banning the practice of double ending, in which a real estate agent represents both a buyer and a seller in a transaction. The province’s Liberal government announ...
Jun 28, 2017
Whale movements giving officials hope for survival of wayward beluga
CACOUNA, Que. - Officials involved with the rescue of a wayward beluga whale earlier this month in northern New Brunswick are cautiously optimistic for its future. The beluga, which is about two metre...
Jun 28, 2017
Pound jumps on Carney remarks about timing of rate hike
FRANKFURT - The British pound rose sharply Wednesday after the country’s top central banker pondered the prospect of higher interest rates, a day after his counterpart at the European Central Ba...
Jun 28, 2017
John Dolliver Memorial Scholarship honours first winner after successful show and shine
The inaugural John Dolliver Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to a graduate of Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Lane Swanson received the scholarship in Dolliver's memory on June 20. He ...
Jun 28, 2017
Sons to attend birthday service at Princess Diana's grave
LONDON - Prince William, his wife, Kate, and Prince Harry will attend a private service at the late Princess Diana’s grave on what would have been her 56th birthday. In a brief statement, Kensin...
Jun 28, 2017
Moose calf still wanders southeast B.C., after deaths of mother, sibling
FERNIE, B.C. - A search is underway for an orphaned moose calf in southeastern British Columbia that has managed to evade predators, vehicles and capture. The roughly three-week-old calf was one of tw...
Jun 28, 2017