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Commons committee urges feds to consider decriminalizing simple drug possession
OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is urging the federal government to look at Portugal's decriminalization of simple possession of illicit drugs and examine how the idea could be "po...
Jun 13, 2019
Quebec's anti-corruption unit lacking skills and training to fulfil mission: report
MONTREAL - The head of the office monitoring Quebec's anti-corruption police says the force lacks people with the necessary skills to conduct complex investigat...
Jun 13, 2019
B.C.'s dirty money strategy to be highlighted at meeting of ministers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's efforts to fight money laundering are expected to be front and centre today at a special meeting of federal cabinet ministers and their provincial counterparts to discus...
Jun 13, 2019
Man found guilty of killing Calgary Stampeder appeals conviction and sentence
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary Stampeders football player is appealing his conviction and his sentence. Nelson Lugela was found guilty earlier this year of second-degree murd...
Jun 13, 2019
Young girl on Wahpeton First Nation injured in trampoline incident
An incident on the Wahpeton First Nation is reminder to everyone to practice trampoline safety. Lyle Karasiuk, director of public affairs with Parkland Ambulance, said a four-year-old girl was transpo...
Jun 13, 2019 A four-year-old girl was transported to hospital after an incident while using a trampoline. This is a file photo. (Nati Harnik/ The Canadian Press)
Trudeau calls out Tory premiers for 'playing games' with national unity over C-69
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is "absolutely irresponsible" for conservative premiers to threaten to tear Canada apart if the government doesn't accept all the Senate's amendments to ...
Jun 13, 2019
Opioid-related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says 11,577 people died from apparent-opioid-related overdoses between January 2016 and December 2018. It also says that new data reported as of May 15 show...
Jun 13, 2019
Charges dropped against 8 people in Flint water scandal
DETROIT - Prosecutors stunningly dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. The defendants include Michi...
Jun 13, 2019
3-year probation for Farruko in case of undeclared $52K
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A judge on Thursday ordered three years' probation for Puerto Rican singer Farruko after he pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and...
Jun 13, 2019
Strength in numbers: Alberta town wants all smokers to butt out for one day
COCHRANE, Alta. - There'll be no need for ashtrays in one Alberta town on the weekend if residents take up a retiring pharmacist's call for all smokers to butt out for 24 hours. Kelly Kimmett persuade...
Jun 13, 2019
