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PETERS: All for the simple sin of wanting to relieve their pain
HYDROMORPHONE IS AN AMAZING SUBSTANCE.When that opioid is coursing through your veins, everything in the world is okay.You feel calm, you feel relaxed, and most importantly, your pain fades away.Every...
Jan 26, 2024
Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains
WINNIPEG - The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million - about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate - although ...
Jan 26, 2024
'It's a way of life': Northern commuters say charter flights like taking the bus
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - Northerners jump on small charter planes like people in the South would into taxis or buses, says the co-owner of Aunty's Korner Store in Fort Smith, N.W.T., where residents have ...
Jan 26, 2024
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas asks CAS to overturn race ban rules as discrimination
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has asked a Swiss sports court to overturn rules imposed by World Aquatics that stop her competing in elite women's races and she says are d...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. inquest sees videos from inside burning Winters Hotel on day of fatal fire
BURNABY - A coroner's inquest into the deadly Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver has seen video footage of the blaze from inside the rooming facility, showing heavy smoke billowing from a unit, then flam...
Jan 26, 2024
Cap on student visas should help take pressure off soaring rents, Macklem says
OTTAWA - As the debate rages on about how to tackle rapidly rising housing costs, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the newly announced cap on international student enrolments should help ease...
Jan 26, 2024
Labrador Inuit leader feels hope after decades of neglect of region's housing
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The leader of the Nunatsiavut Inuit in Labrador says a meeting Thursday with the federal housing advocate and the provincial government was an important step after years of neglect ...
Jan 26, 2024
Quebec environmental group denied court injunction against Northvolt EV battery plant
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to grant an injunction to halt tree cutting and other preparatory work at the site of a future electric vehicle facility east of Montreal. Justice ...
Jan 26, 2024
Former No. 1 pick Alexandre Daigle looks back in new documentary 'Chosen One'
Alexandre Daigle sat down to relive his life in the spotlight. The videos and images that flashed before him included times both good and bad. The 50 goals he scored in youth hockey, getting selected ...
Jan 26, 2024
Former CFL defensive back Kelly Malveaux, a two-time East all-star, dead at 47
MONTREAL - Kelly Malveaux, a defensive back who played 10 seasons in the CFL and was a Grey Cup champion and two-time East Division all-star, has died at 47. The Montreal Alouettes, who Malveaux playe...
Jan 26, 2024
