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Fentanyl-related deaths climb in Red Deer
The agency overseeing harm reduction services in Red Deer is sounding the alarm over the number of fentanyl-related deaths in the city.On Wednesday, the Alberta government released its COVID-19 Opioid...
Sep 24, 2020

Ottawa Aces signing Guy Armitage comes with impressive rugby pedigree
New Ottawa Aces signing Guy Armitage comes with an impressive pedigree. Not only has he represented England in rugby union at the under-20 level and played in England's Premiership, the 28-year-old ha...
Sep 24, 2020

Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal
ROME - The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reported...
Sep 24, 2020

Top Nunavut justice says judges can't be too lenient with sentences during pandemic
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Offenders in Nunavut should not necessarily get shorter jail time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nunavut's top judge. Chief Justice Neil Sharkey says while the pandemi...
Sep 24, 2020

Politicians must not pressure Health Canada to approve rapid COVID-19 tests: Freeland
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it can't provide any information about the status of any of the rapid-testing devices for COVID-19 it is reviewing. Pressure is mounting on the federal government to approv...
Sep 24, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP report: September 17 - September 24
September 1710:15 am - Drayton Valley - 51 Avenue - Complainant reporting someone lit a small fire in a garbage can outside the building. Minor damage to garbage can. 10:26 am - Brazeau County - Compl...
Sep 24, 2020

French Open: Ninth-seed Shapovalov draws Simon, Raonic withdraws
PARIS - Top-ranked Canadian Denis Shapovalov drew local favourite Gilles Simon as his first round opponent at the French Open, while Milos Raonic once again pulled out of the clay court tournament. Th...
Sep 24, 2020

Liability in the age of COVID-19, Canada's leagues, clubs wrestle with risk
The Flamborough Dundas Soccer Club cancelled its summer recreation league in July. Under pressure from parents wanting their children back on the pitch, the club near Hamilton recently resum...
Sep 24, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 1:50 p.m. Yukon's chief medical officer of health says the territory is considering a child-friendly, made-in-British Columb...
Sep 24, 2020

Liberals propose upping value of new COVID-19 benefits to match sunsetting CERB
OTTAWA - The Liberals are proposing to increase the value of benefits for unemployed workers to $500 a week under newly tabled legislation that lands days before aid runs out for millions. The proposa...
Sep 24, 2020