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Quebec issues provincewide street check guidelines; rights groups raise concerns
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has issued provincewide guidelines to police forces regarding street checks, but the policy is raising concerns from various rights groups. Quebec's Public Security De...
Aug 22, 2020
Talks needed on decriminalizing hard drugs to address opioid crisis, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief health officer says Canadians should be "seized" with the crisis of rising deaths from opioid use, and she suggests decriminalizing hard drugs should be part of ...
Aug 22, 2020
Raptors head coach Nick Nurse named NBA coach of the year
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the NBA coach of the year. The award was announced on TNT's pre-game show before the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Orlando Magic at the NBA's campus at...
Aug 22, 2020
Nova Scotia First Nation relieved after missing teen found safe; man in custody
ESKASONI, N.S. - The entire We'koqma'q Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia is breathing a sigh of relief, Chief Rod Googoo said Saturday, after an Indigenous girl who had been miss...
Aug 22, 2020
'This shouldn't have happened:' Father attributes son's death to COVID-19 rules
INVERMAY, Sask. - People could always tell when Aaron Ogden entered a room. The 19-year-old had a big presence, said his father, Mark Ogden. He was a prankster, a one-of-a-kind character who would&nbs...
Aug 22, 2020
'This shouldn't have happened:' Father attributes son's death to COVID-19 rules
INVERMAY, Sask. - People could always tell when Aaron Ogden entered a room. The 19-year-old had a big presence, said his father, Mark Ogden. He was a prankster, a one-of-a-kind character who would&nbs...
Aug 22, 2020
Hall of Fame and Sports Council Awards
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductions and Sports Council Awards were presented last night (Aug. 21).Normally held in the spring, the ceremony was postponed because of COVID-19 and was...
Aug 22, 2020
Who are they? What do they want to do? A primer on the Conservative contenders
OTTAWA - On Sunday, the federal Conservative party will elect a new leader. There are four candidates vying to lead the party, which currently holds 121 seats in the House of Commons and ser...
Aug 22, 2020
Five things to know about how the Conservatives will choose their new leader
OTTAWA - The deadline to submit ballots in the Conservative party leadership race to be has passed. The winner will be revealed on Sunday night. Here are five things to know about how a new leader wil...
Aug 22, 2020
New Brunswick's provincial election campaign enters first weekend
FREDERICTON - The leaders of the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties are in opposite corners of New Brunswick today to start the first weekend of the provincial election c...
Aug 22, 2020

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