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South Korean cargo ship sits off B.C. coast after company's financial woes
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The Port of Prince Rupert says a large container ship is sitting idly in the waters off British Columbia’s northwest coast because the South Korean company that owns the ve...
Aug 31, 2016
Arizona Supreme Court says legal marijuana measure on ballot
PHOENIX - A voter initiative to legalize recreational marijuana will be on the November ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a final legal challenge to the measure. A lower cou...
Aug 31, 2016
Troopers say no survivors in Alaska midair crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two small planes collided in the air over a remote area of western Alaska on Wednesday, killing all five people on board the two aircraft, officials said. State troopers said the c...
Aug 31, 2016
NYPD might not say if officer in chokehold death is punished
New York City might never tell the public if the police officer at the centre of the Eric Garner chokehold death case is disciplined, the mayor and police commissioner indicated this week after reachi...
Aug 31, 2016
Mexico angry at president's 'humiliating' meeting with Trump
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s president was savaged on social media and in political circles following his joint press conference Wednesday with Donald Trump, with many seeing a national humiliation in...
Aug 31, 2016
Roughriders draw criticism for signing controversial lineman Khalif Mitchell
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed controversial defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell to their practice roster, drawing criticism from Canadian Jewish organizations. Mitchell hasn’t ...
Aug 31, 2016
Quebec MP running for Tory leadership says he'll push for pipeline projects
SASKATOON - One of the candidates vying for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party says he opposes a federal carbon tax. Quebec MP Maxime Bernier was in Saskatoon on Wednesday and also says ...
Aug 31, 2016
Quebec government working group recommends most pit bull owners keep dogs
QUEBEC - The vast majority of pit bull owners across Quebec will get to keep their animal if the provincial government takes up the recommendations published Wednesday by a working group tasked with s...
Aug 31, 2016

Latest Steps in Combatting Opioids Welcomed by Justice and Health Ministers
ALBERTA – The Government of Alberta has been working closely with the Government of Canada to restrict chemicals used to make fentanyl from entering the country In the first six months of 2016, ...
Aug 31, 2016
35 Hells Angels members in Quebec have their prison sentences reduced
MONTREAL - Thirty-five Hells Angels members who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of conspiracy to commit murder have had their sentences reduced by between six and eight years. A Quebec Superior Co...
Aug 31, 2016