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Flames sign rookie forward Martin Pospisil to two-year contract
		CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Pospisil to a two-year contract extension. The deal carries an annual average value of US$1 million. Pospisil has four goals and seven assists i...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
		VANCOUVER - B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. The order sig...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Social media firms can't be let 'off the hook' for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
		VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says social media companies can't be let "off the hook" after two B.C. teens died by suicide shortly after falling victim to online sextortion scams. Eby's comments came ...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Special counsel investigating Biden's handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
		WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department special counsel investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents has completed his inquiry and a report is expected to be made public soon,...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Emergency watermain repair temporarily closing down 5 Ave North lanes
		LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents and motorists are advised that the eastbound lanes of 5 Avenue North are closed between 12C Street and 13 Street North to complete an emergency watermain repair.The work is ...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Liberals' proposed AI law too vague, costly, Big Tech executives tell MPs
		OTTAWA - Representatives from Big Tech companies say a Liberal government bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems is too vague. Amazon and Microsoft executives told MPs a...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		2 officers wounded by gunfire at home that later erupts in flames in Philadelphia suburb
		EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) - Two police officers were wounded Wednesday by gunfire at a suburban Philadelphia home that later became engulfed in flames, authorities said. Officials in Delaware County sa...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		No new restrictions on B.C. sex offender Hopley, who went on run: parole board
		VANCOUVER - High-risk B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley, who went on the run for 10 days in November, will still be allowed overnight community leave with the approval of his parole officer, after the ...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Quebec government to table bill extending notwithstanding clause for secularism law
		QUEBEC - The Quebec government will table a bill Thursday aimed at ensuring the province's secularism law - known as Bill 21 - remains shielded from potential Charter challenges. Franois Legault's Coa...
			
								Feb 07, 2024							
		Liberals intend to include sexually explicit deepfakes under online harms bill
		OTTAWA - The Liberal government plans to ensure sexually explicit "deepfakes" like the images of Taylor Swift that generated global headlines last month are addressed by forthcoming legislation on onl...
			
								Feb 07, 2024