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Record number of suspected overdose deaths in Montreal in the last year
MONTREAL - The director of a Montreal supervised drug-consumption site says the city saw a record number of drug-related deaths in the last year. CACTUS Montral executive director Jean-Franois Mary ma...
Aug 31, 2023
First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park this weekend, B.C. ministry says
VANCOUVER - Joffre Lakes Park will reopen Labour Day weekend after public access was shut down by two First Nations in British Columbia last week. B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman says in a sta...
Aug 31, 2023
Fire activity expected to kick up in N.W.T., Mounties warn against re-entering
YELLOWKNIFE - Fire activity along a key Northwest Territories highway is expected to kick up in the coming days, while Mounties say they'll stop a potentially large group from trying to re-enter when ...
Aug 31, 2023
Trump pleads not guilty and waives arraignment in Georgia election case
ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georg...
Aug 31, 2023
Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. It's the first time in yea...
Aug 31, 2023
Toronto Argonauts agree to three-year extension with starting quarterback Kelly
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts and starting quarterback Chad Kelly have agreed to a three-year contract extension. Kelly, 29, of Buffalo, N.Y., is in his second year with the CFL club but first as it...
Aug 31, 2023
US applications for jobless claims inch back down as companies hold on to their employees
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as companies held on to employees in an economy that has largely withstood rapidly rising interest rates for more than a year. The n...
Aug 31, 2023
Stock market today: Wall Street higher as it tries to claw back losses from a brutal August
BEIJING - Wall Street pushed higher Thursday ahead of new inflation and jobs data that could influence the Federal Reserve and its policy decisions regarding benchmark interest rates. Futures for the ...
Aug 31, 2023
Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the country, according to a statement from the military regi...
Aug 31, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Councillors would disagree with the mayor if he said the sky is blue
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE the more they stay the same around the council table.On the same day Kamloops City council approved a schedule for what it calls town hall meetings, it completely ignored an opp...
Aug 31, 2023
