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Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for health-care costs linked to opioids
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a bill that would allow it to join a class-action lawsuit against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies accused of downplaying the harmful effects of opio...
Oct 05, 2023
Psychiatrist shortage denounced in aftermath of Quebec killing spree, coroner hears
MONTREAL - A Quebec doctor denounced to local health officials the severe lack of psychiatrists in a Montreal suburb, shortly after three men were gunned down by a man with mental health issues in Aug...
Oct 05, 2023
Federal funding from PrairiesCan enables Red Deer Polytechnic to add new equipment to expand medical manufacturing capacity
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) has increased its additive manufacturing capacity in the Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing - Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC) with an additional federal investment of...
Oct 05, 2023
Oilers sign forward Stonehouse to three-year, entry-level contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Brady Stonehouse to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 19-year-old from Blenheim, Ont., impressed Oilers coaches and scouts after being invited ...
Oct 05, 2023
Trudeau says he never suggested those worried about 'parental rights' are hateful
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he never suggested that individuals concerned about their rights as parents were hateful when he issued a statement in response to the thousands who attende...
Oct 05, 2023
This week in Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics
Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Hockey is back at Red Deer Polytechnic with Queens Hockey dropping the puck on their season this weekend. They will be in Olds to take on the Broncos on Fri...
Oct 05, 2023
Canada will be there for Ukraine regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill: Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the leadership chaos gripping Capitol Hill will have no impact on Canada's ongoing support for Ukraine. Tuesday's unprecedented ouster of former House S...
Oct 05, 2023
RDP Athletes of the Week
Red Deer Polytechnic has announced its RDP Athletes of the Week: 1. Justine Larson Hometown: Strathmore, AB Bachelor of Education (3rd year) Justine Larson continued her tear on the cross-country trai...
Oct 05, 2023
Ottawa not pressing Ukraine for wartime election, urges allies to keep unity for Kyiv
OTTAWA - Canada does not plan to press Ukraine to hold a wartime election, focusing instead on broader democratic efforts. A senior bureaucrat overseeing Europe for Global Affairs Canada told a Senate...
Oct 05, 2023
Canada focused on preventing sexual violence in Haiti as military intervention looms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says Ottawa aims to support people in Haiti to prevent sexual violence, ahead of a multinational military intervention in the country. The United Nations Security Counci...
Oct 05, 2023