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Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure
OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing to ban advertising of vaping products in spaces where young people can see them in a bid to rein in the rise of underage e-cigarette use. Minist...
Dec 19, 2019
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been expelled from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of a doping violation. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration ...
Dec 19, 2019
Ex-cop, hockey coach Francois Lamarre arraigned on sex charges involving minors
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former Montreal police officer and local hockey coach accused of nine sex-related charges involving minors has made his first court appearance. Francois Lamarre was visibly pa...
Dec 19, 2019
U of L Professor: large-scale cuts to public sector not the best way to manage Alberta's economy
LETHBRIDGE, AB - In its first budget since forming the United Conservative Party (UCP), the Government of Alberta announced that it will reduce the size of the public sector by 7.7 percent, which will...
Dec 19, 2019 Dr. Richard Mueller preparing for his speech at the SACPA luncheon. (Lethbridge News Now)
Trump: Van Drew, who voted against impeachment, joining GOP
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump's impeachment, is becoming a Republican. "Jeff will...
Dec 19, 2019
'Greatest existential threat of our time:' Ottawa makes carbon tax case in court
EDMONTON - The climate crisis is a national and global issue that can't be fought entirely by the provinces, a lawyer for the federal government argued Tuesday. "The context of this case is the greate...
Dec 19, 2019
RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court Tuesday about the pace of the legal proceedings. Ian Carter, who represents the RCMP'...
Dec 19, 2019
Major League Soccer releases full schedule for 25th anniversary season
Toronto FC will have to wait until July 18 to have another crack at the MLS champion Seattle Sounders. Vancouver misses out on facing Inter Miami CF while Montreal will have to wait a year to play Nas...
Dec 19, 2019
No bond for ex-Mexico security official charged with bribery
DALLAS - A judge in Texas ordered Mexico's former top security official to remain held without bond Tuesday as he awaits trial for allegedly accepting a fortune in drug-money bribes for letting the no...
Dec 19, 2019
2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors
NEW YORK - How is a great actor made? For Jonathan Majors, the 30-year-old breakout star of "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," it started in drama school. It swelled with the discovery of August W...
Dec 19, 2019