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Make StatsCan data on lower life expectancy due to ODs an election issue: doctor
VANCOUVER - Life expectancy rates in Canada have stopped increasing for the first time in four decades, says a Statistics Canada report that blames opioid-related overdoses for deaths i...
Jun 01, 2019
Raptors coach Nick Nurse expects a better game from Kawhi Leonard on Sunday
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State in Game 1 despite an off night for superstar Kawhi Leonard. The Warriors threw the kitchen sink of defence at Leonard, who shot just ...
Jun 01, 2019
Research suggests bird personalities vary widely and are tough to change
EDMONTON - Research from the University of Alberta is fledging out the idea that birds may travel in flocks but have personalities of their own. "In some ways, it's analogous to the human term 'p...
Jun 01, 2019
Tentative agreement reached in B.C.'s port dispute just as picket signs went up
VANCOUVER - A tentative agreement has been reached in a labour dispute that threatened to shut down all ports in British Columbia and have a ripple effect across the Canadian economy. T...
Jun 01, 2019
Uncapped Noble Okello, Kamal Miller included in Canada's Gold Cup squad
Canada cut its Gold Cup roster to 23 Thursday, with uncapped Noble Okello and Kamal Miller joining veterans Atiba Hutchinson, Jonathan Osorio, Russell Teibert, Samuel Piette and Milan Borjan. Coa...
Jun 01, 2019
Giant American flag flap flutters on; business owner rallies
STATESVILLE, N.C. - The reality television star who has said he would go to jail before removing a huge American flag from his recreational vehicle store in North Carolina told cheering employees on T...
Jun 01, 2019
Two of three small fires near Savona extinguished
KAMLOOPS - Three fires that popped up in the Savona area after a storm rolled through on Thursday are almost completely extinguished. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Taylor MacDonald says lightning ...
Jun 01, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Crissy Felker
Afghanistan memorial at new defence headquarters to open to public Friday
OTTAWA - The memorial for those killed in Canada's mission in Afghanistan at the new Department of Defence headquarters is to open to the public Friday afternoon, the department says. People who ...
Jun 01, 2019
Alberta set to pass law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one. The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home hea...
Jun 01, 2019
Louis Levi Oakes, last of Mohawk code talkers, passes away at 94
AKWESASNE, Que. - A funeral will be held Saturday for the last of the Mohawk code talkers from the Second World War, Louis Levi Oakes, who died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family at age 94. Oa...
Jun 01, 2019
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