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Ex-customs agent sentenced to 11 years in Quebec for role in cocaine case
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A former customs agent has been given an 11-year prison term for turning a blind eye to the importation of 182 kilograms of cocaine into Canada. A Quebec judge sentenc...
Jun 27, 2017
Council briefs: Annexation and AUMA resolutions
COUNCIL BRIEFS – June 26, 2017 meeting Annexation The City of Red Deer won’t be looking to go through the annexation process for at least one more year. Council decided Monday the City has...
Jun 27, 2017
Delay rejected in lawsuit challenging solitary confinement on charter grounds
VANCOUVER - A leading civil liberties group says a judge has denied a request to delay a lawsuit that challenges the use of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons. The Attorney General of ...
Jun 27, 2017
Health Canada allows oral and nasal use of drugs at 2 B.C. consumption sites
VANCOUVER - Drug users at supervised consumption sites is Surrey, B.C., have been allowed to use substances orally and nasally, not just by injection, in the first such exemption approved by Health Ca...
Jun 27, 2017
E. coli outbreak linked to flour appears over, but product recalls continue
The Public Health Agency of Canada has wound down its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli linked to flour produced by Ardent Mills after people across the country became ill. But the Canadian Fo...
Jun 27, 2017
7 sickened by salmonella related to raw frozen breaded chicken in 4 provinces
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says a salmonella outbreak in four provinces has left seven people ill. It says the salmonella infections have been linked to frozen raw breaded chicken pro...
Jun 27, 2017
Charges laid alleging death threats against B.C.'s premier, Speaker
VICTORIA - A woman faces charges of uttering death threats aimed at Premier Christy Clark and Speaker of the legislature Steve Thomson over allegations she left threatening telephone messages at two K...
Jun 27, 2017
Toronto airport to host 150 live music shows to celebrate Canada 150
TORONTO - Travellers at Canada’s busiest airport will get to enjoy live music this summer as part of the country’s 150th birthday celebrations. The YYZ Live performance series at Toronto&#...
Jun 27, 2017
Annual report shows busy year for Lacombe Police Service
For the Lacombe Police Service, 2016 can be described as a very exciting, albeit very busy year. In their 2016 Annual Report presented to city council on Monday, LPS reported an 11 per cent increase i...
Jun 27, 2017
Yellen: Banking reforms should avert future financial crisis
LONDON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that she believes banking regulators have made enough improvements to the financial system that the world will not experience another financial...
Jun 27, 2017