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New Brunswick working group suggests 19 as minimum age to buy cannabis
FREDERICTON - The legal age limit for recreational marijuana use in New Brunswick should be set at 19, a provincial working group recommended Wednesday in a report that also calls for sales to be hand...
Jun 21, 2017
Juror: Cosby panel was concerned about 'politics' of case
PITTSBURGH - A juror in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial said Thursday that some jurors were concerned that prosecutors waited 10 years to charge him, expressing suspicion that politics had pla...
Jun 21, 2017
Oilsands through the hourglass: Defining moments that shaped an economic juggernaut
The Canadian oilsands industry is beset with environmental concerns and low crude prices. Nonetheless, production is expected to grow. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers estimates that oi...
Jun 21, 2017
Oilsands pioneers recall big promise, big problems with industry's first mine
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The launch of Canada’s first large-scale oilsands mine began on a cold and overcast September day in 1967, with speeches to a crowd of about 600 VIPs predicting incredible...
Jun 21, 2017
You Can Be Blessed, Married, and Taught by a Robot
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Robot I don't know about you, but the thought of The Terminator movies coming to life has haunted me even to this day. While most people might not think we...
Jun 21, 2017
UK police studying cause of death of man in mosque attack
LONDON - Detectives in London still are trying to determine the cause of the death for a Muslim man who died during the van attack near Finsbury Park Mosque, the city’s police chief said Wednesd...
Jun 21, 2017
'Worth killing over': How a plane mogul dodged US scrutiny
WASHINGTON - When a Kansas strip-mall bank with possible mob ties folded in the mid-1980s, federal authorities investigated whether a shareholder, Iranian-born aviation magnate Farhad Azima, should fa...
Jun 21, 2017
Blackhawks' Hossa to miss next season with skin disorder
A severe reaction to medication for a skin disorder has put Chicago Blackhawks winger Marian Hossa’s career in doubt. Hossa stunned the NHL on Wednesday by announcing he won’t play next se...
Jun 21, 2017
Award nominees McDavid, Matthews already starting to define NHL's next generation
Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr made sure they were in Toronto to witness the first NHL meeting between Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews. McDavid and Matthews didn’t see what the big deal was, but...
Jun 21, 2017
Windstorm Update: Two Red Deer schools closed today
Red Deer Public Schools says two of its schools, Mountview and Gateway, are closed today (Wednesday) due to damage and power outages following last night’s windstorm. Red Deer Catholic Regional ...
Jun 21, 2017