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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
Cuba Gooding Jr. surrenders while denying allegations
NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lawyer said Thursday security video will exonerate the actor from allegations he groped a woman at a New York City night spot. Video from Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lou...
Jun 13, 2019
Downtown Street Fair expands to deal with record-breaking vendor list
This year's running of the Downtown Street Fair will look a whole lot different to how the first offering did 16 years ago. Organizers say such is the demand for space, they will be blocking off parts...
Jun 13, 2019 (FIle photo/paNOW Staff)
'Love wins:' How a N.S. town collaborated to protect kidnapped women in Africa
AMHERST, N.S. - Simple signs with a pair of blue hearts capture a small town's sentiments over the rescue of two young Maritime women from kidnappers in Ghana. A sign on the main street...
Jun 13, 2019
Western Newfoundland's Bottomless Pond appears to have a bottom after all
DEER LAKE, N.L. - Something strange is happening along the shores of a small lake in western Newfoundland. The lake, known as Bottomless Pond, started to rise last spring and hasn'...
Jun 13, 2019
'Pretty consistent:' Study says animal abundance in seas drops as climate warms
Animal life in the world's oceans will drop steadily and consistently as the climate warms, a Canadian-led study suggests. "What we see is pretty consistent," said Derek Tittensor, a biologist at ...
Jun 13, 2019
