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Feds to look at public-health impact of cannabis legalization in mandated review
OTTAWA - Federal ministers are expected to launch a long-awaited review of the government's cannabis legislation today. The Liberals lifted a century-long prohibition on the recreational use and sale ...
Sep 22, 2022
6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, no damage known yet
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has caused buildings to sway in Mexico's capital. The earthquake struck early Thursday, just three days after a 7.6-magnitu...
Sep 22, 2022
Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to b...
Sep 21, 2022
Australia holds national day of mourning for British queen
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday centered on Parliament House, where dignitaries placed sprigs of golden wattle - the natio...
Sep 21, 2022
Vierling's RBI single in 10th lifts Phillies past Blue Jays
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Matt Vierling had five hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the 10th, to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. J...
Sep 21, 2022
Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump's legal arguments, a federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from th...
Sep 21, 2022
Merritt Centennials persevere to half-century of BCHL hockey
MERRITT B.C. - The longest continuously run franchise in the BCHL is not one of the big dogs. It's not Vernon, Victoria or even Penticton. That honour belongs to the Merritt Centennials.The latest edi...
Sep 21, 2022
Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative activist Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Ja...
Sep 21, 2022
YouTube, TikTok say Liberal online streaming bill fails to protect digital creators
OTTAWA - Online streaming giants YouTube and TikTok are asking Canadian senators to take a sober second look at an online streaming bill that they say would cause significant harm to Canadian digital ...
Sep 21, 2022
Gang squad seized hundreds of kilos of drugs in Okanagan, Thompson regions in July
KELOWNA - B.C.'s gang squad says a month-long enforcement push in the Thompson and Okanagan regions led to arrests and seizures of drugs, weapons and money.The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit...
Sep 21, 2022
