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B.C. toxic drug deaths double since public health emergency declared in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - Grim statistics from British Columbia's coroner show the rate of toxic drug deaths has doubled since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016. The BC Coroners Service recorde...
Sep 15, 2022

'Wild West': Audit on veterans' medical cannabis sparks calls for oversight, research
OTTAWA - An internal audit outlining significant problems with Ottawa's administration of hundreds of millions of dollars in medical marijuana for veterans is being met with shock and concern by menta...
Sep 15, 2022

Former PMs, Canadian celebrities to attend queen's funeral in London
OTTAWA - Canada is sending 15 delegates to the queen's state funeral in London, England, on Monday, while celebrities will take part in a procession of recipients of national honours. Prime Minister J...
Sep 15, 2022

Illicit overdose deaths claimed 40 lives in P.G. the first 7 months of 2022
VICTORIA - Drug overdose deaths continue to devastate the province. The BC Coroners Service says 192 lives were lost in British Columbia this July, a 31 per cent increase over the month before.It brin...
Sep 15, 2022

French Oblates begin dismissal proceedings for priest accused of abusing Inuit
The leadership of a Catholic order in France has begun dismissal proceedings against a priest accused of sexual abusing Inuit children in Nunavut. A delegation of Inuit led by Nunavut Tunnagivik Inc. ...
Sep 15, 2022

Griner, Whelan families to meet Biden amid US-Russia talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom re...
Sep 15, 2022

Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate rule
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge has blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate. District Cour...
Sep 15, 2022

Director Hubert Davis on 'Black Ice' and the untold Black hockey experience
TORONTO - In the new sports documentary "Black Ice," viewers learn that in 1906 hockey player Eddie Martin became the first to use a technique known as the slapshot - a back swing of the stick known f...
Sep 15, 2022

As midterms loom, lawmakers on Capitol Hill push banking reforms for legal cannabis
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing their Senate colleagues to pass legislation that would make financing easier for cannabis operations in the United States. Retailers and industry adv...
Sep 15, 2022

Roger Federer says he is retiring from professional tennis
Roger Federer announced Thursday that he is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after winning 20 Grand Slam titles. This decision comes just days after the end of the U.S. Open, which is expec...
Sep 15, 2022