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Opioid overdoses claimed more than 3,200 lives in first nine months of 2018
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has released new data showing that 3,286 Canadians died after apparent opioid-related overdoses between January and September last year. The data also indic...
Apr 10, 2019
Montreal offers to help find new homes for carriage horses as industry ends
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal plans to work with the owners of retiring caleche horses to offer the animals a chance to live out their days in the country once the industry is shut down at the end o...
Apr 10, 2019
Schools struggle with phone bans:'These devices continue to cause major problems'
On Friday, March 29, St. Francis School in Harbour Grace, N.L., announced a ban on cellphones and other personal electronics for its students, who range from kindergarten through Grade 8. “These...
Apr 10, 2019
2010 controversy changed women's hockey, but Canada, U.S. still out front
ESPOO, Finland - The hand-wringing over women’s hockey in 2010 changed the game in ways not easily measured because Canada and the United States keep moving the goalposts for the rest of the wor...
Apr 10, 2019
Lena Dunham celebrates 1st year of sobriety
NEW YORK - Lena Dunham is celebrating one year of sobriety. The 32-year-old actress shared her milestone in an Instagram post Wednesday with a photo of her flashing a thumbs-up. The “Girls”...
Apr 10, 2019
Romania would welcome Canadian help in minimizing gap in Mali: envoy
OTTAWA - Romania’s top diplomat in Ottawa says his country is moving as fast as it can to minimize a gap in the provision of lifesaving medical evacuations for injured UN peacekeepers after Cana...
Apr 10, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques says first spacewalk was 'pure joy'
MONTREAL - When Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques exited the International Space Station this week for his first spacewalk, it was dark out and he couldn’t really see Earth. “But the ...
Apr 10, 2019
Report on missing, murdered Indigenous women to be released in June
OTTAWA - A much-anticipated report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is set to be released to the public in June. The four-person commission asked to examine the causes of violence ag...
Apr 10, 2019
CFL head coaches will now be allowed to make two challenges per contest
TORONTO - CFL head coaches will have the opportunity this season to launch two challenges in a game. The league’s board of governors accepted a recommendation Wednesday from the CFL’s rule...
Apr 10, 2019
Canadian star R.J. Barrett entering NBA draft after one year at Duke
Canada’s R.J. Barrett has officially closed a remarkable chapter on his college career and will enter the NBA draft. After one record-breaking season at Duke University, the six-foot-seven forwa...
Apr 10, 2019